Actor Johnny Depp's Need to Hide

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine Johnny Depp admitted his difficulties in connecting with other people. Depp said:

Covering myself up in makeup, ...

People Accept New Ideas after Seven 'Touches'

Why do some changes happen quickly while other changes occur slowly? Writer and surgeon Dr. Atul Gawande argues that we tend to rely heavily on technology, ...

Son of Famous Mountaineer Wanted to Know His Dad

George Mallory was an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s. Mallory and his climbing ...

Denzel Washington's Disconnection from His Father

In a 2012 interview, Denzel Washington described his father, who was a Christian minister, as "a decent man … a spiritual man and a gentleman." ...

TV Show Parenthood: How not to Deal with Suffering

A 2012 episode of the TV show Parenthood titled "Everything Is Not OK" focused on a character named Kristina Braverman who has been diagnosed with breast ...

Americans' Circle of Friends Is Shrinking

According to a 2006 study, our circle of close friends is getting smaller. Over the past twenty years, the number of people we can discuss "matters important ...

Song Titles Try to Define Love

What is love? How do you define it? For years, popular musicians have attempted to answer those questions. According to Neil Genzlinger, there are over ...

Tim Keller: Sex Is a Parable of the Gospel

The ecstasy and joy of sex is supposed to be a foretaste of the complete ecstasy and joy of total union with Christ. The moment we see Christ face to ...

Expert Says Online Communication Has Replaced Conversations

Sherry Turkle, a professor at M.I.T. and author of Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other, has spent the last 15 ...

Young Boy Feels the Pain of His Father's Emotional Absence

One of the deepest memories I have of my father is when we would have breakfast together. We'd each pour a bowl of cornflakes and sit at the same table, ...