Shortly after our son died, we tried to contact his birth mother to tell her the terrible news. After a few attempts, we ...

Research shows that social connection improves health and well-being. The challenge of isolation intensifies with age.

Despite how natural friendship can feel, people rarely stop to analyze it. How do you know when someone will make a good friend? When is it time to move on from a friendship? Oftentimes, people rely ...

Like many people, I'm hopelessly addicted to my phone. I can't help randomly picking it up throughout the day; placing it ...

LONDON — After having showcased its finest pomp and pageantry during President Donald Trump’s state visit last week, Britain’s royal family has quickly been plunged back into all-too familiar ...

When a student from Ekiti State University (EKSU) graduated as the only one in her department, social media couldn’t stop ...

Arjun Malaviya set out to travel the world on his 17th birthday in July 2023. Over 13 months, the California teenager ...

US researchers have shown that people with more active social lives show slower biological ageing and lower inflammation ...

Friendship isn’t a tit-for-tat balance sheet, but that’s how researchers have traditionally defined it. New studies are refining the model to be less about transactions and truer to real life.

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and ...

Alysia Abbott's memoir about growing up in 1970s San Francisco with her gay, single father, has been adapted into a film ...

The United Nations reports that 18 children under 15 have been killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank this year.