Fight Depression. Get a Friend.

There is an idea that someone can "catch" depression, but new research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B challenges that idea. ...

Pixar Film Proclaims Message on Romantic Love

Editor's Note: The Pixar movie Inside Out includes a short film called Lava, a quick story about two volcanoes who fall in love. In the following illustration, ...

Our Brains Are Wired to Connect with Others

A 72-year-long study conducted at Harvard tracked what really makes human beings happy. The study's longtime director, George Vaillant, when asked what ...

Harry Potter's Friend Holds Him Accountable

Toward the end of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, there's a scene where Harry, Ron, and Hermione are about to break the rules and leave their dormitory ...

The All-Knowing Facebook

Do you know who all of your friends are—even your "future friends?" Well, Facebook does and it probably knows them better than you do, ...

Kobe Bryant Explains His Lack of Friendships

When GQ magazine asked basketball star Kobe Bryant if he had any friends Bryant said,

I have "like minds." You know, I've been fortunate ...

We Weren't Meant to Suffer Alone

In her funny, off-beat memoir, journalist and writer Heather Havrilesky reminds us how community (whether in a family or a church family) implies carrying ...

Intervention for Anorexic Woman at Gym

At the height of her eating disorder, strangers on the streets of Nashville would stop Lauryn Lax to tell her to "Go eat a cheeseburger" or ask "Honey, ...

Isolation Can Make Us Ill or Dead

Recent research studies show how much we crave community and friendship. A 2006 study of 3,000 women with breast cancer found that those with a large ...

Ten Things You May Not Know About Laughter

An article from the BBC listed "10 Things You May Not Know about Laughter." The tidbits about this wonderful phenomenon vary from the useless ...