Depending on your natural level of extraversion, you may view chit-chat with strangers more like a mild form of torture than a mood booster (as an introvert, I hear you). But the research is clear: ...

Science and data are important, research shows, but people are incredibly receptive to personal stories about public health.

New research finds that connecting with strangers not only boosts your mood—it helps build a kinder, more cooperative society ...

In 1979, 6-year-old Etan Patz disappeared while walking to his school bus stop in lower Manhattan. And then, in 1981 with the disappearance of Adam Walsh, the nation froze. Missing children’s photos ...

Experiments conducted by psychologist Gillian Sandstrom and behavioural scientist Nicholas Epley consistently show that ...

Many of us were raised on this cautionary phrase rooted in sensationalist 80s media: Avoid anyone you don’t know, don’t make eye contact with random people on the street and definitely don’t smile or ...

Police arrested a Rudy mother and three others for staging an abduction of her intellectually disabled daughter as a “scare ...

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Aaron Strong is associate professor of environmental studies at Hamilton College, in Clinton. In my undergraduate course on climate change, the first homework assignment for my students is to have ...

Tamara "Tammi" Hamby, 59, orchestrated her 22-year-old daughter's fake kidnapping after she started communicating with a ...

I was traveling alone to see my mom after my dad had died. I sat next to a stranger who shared that they had also lost their dad. We shared our stories of grief, and I hadn't realized how much I ...

First of all, as a career prosecutor, I will start by stating the obvious: Not all strangers are safe. If your antenna is up and you are perceiving red flags of any kind, do not engage. But in ...