Top Regret of The Terminally Ill

In her book, author Susan S. Phillips writes about the importance of maintaining friendship, especially in old age:

Australian palliative care nurse Bronnie ...

Romantic Comedies Set Us Up for Disappointment

A steady diet of romantic sitcom movies sets us up to be disappointed with the imperfect love of spouses or family.

That's the conclusion lead researcher ...

The Quest for Love Endures

PBS’s The Great American Read is an eight-part series that explores America’s 100 best-loved novels. The series notes that one theme emerges ...

What Termites Can Teach Us

Termites may be hard to love, but they’re easy to admire. Termite mounds can reach as high as thirty feet. Based on their tiny size, that’s ...

Wild Brawl at Buffet over Crab Legs

Hungry patrons at a local buffet in Alabama took “hangry” (hunger combined with anger) to a new level when a fight broke out allegedly over ...

Want a Happy Marriage? Do the Dishes Together.

Every day, they slowly accumulate. Plates covered in sauces and crumbs. Forks, knives, and spoons all gummed with bits of this and that. At the end of ...

Love is the Driving Force Behind Everything We Do

PBS’ The Great American Read is an eight-part series that explores America’s 100 best-loved novels. The series notes that one theme emerges ...

Study Shows How to Move from Casual Friend to Close Friend

Dr. Jeffrey Hall, a communications professor at the University of Kansas, published research about the relationship between time invested in a friendship ...

Crossfit Is My Church

A 2012 Pew study tracked the rise of a new religious group: the “nones,” or the religiously unaffiliated. One-fifth of Americans—and ...

Building Community One Table at a Time

In 2012 Sara Harmeyer quit her job as charity and fundraising events organizer at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Dallas. She had been ...