Heart rates synchronize when we are wrapped in conversation or listening to a story. Pain ebbs at a loved one’s touch. We are wired for community. Conversely, the surgeon general released a public ...

In the past year, loneliness, isolation, and a lack of connection have all been declared as causes of a major public health crisis, with the US Surgeon General being one of many to raise the alarm ...

Songbird Coffee & Tea House is home to students hunched over laptops, mothers entertaining hyper children, business types conducting outdoor meetings and older couples chatting over warm matcha lattes ...

The sound of sneakers squeaking on basketball courts, the smell of chlorine hanging heavy in the air, paper flyers on brightly decorated bulletin boards, and the energetic beat of up-tempo music from ...

The modern world is disconnected. Online interactions dominate the daily lives of people across the world. This shift is not just a result of the rise of the internet, but also a stark reflection of ...

Sociologist Ray Oldenburg, who introduced the concept of the “third place” in his book The Great Good Place, described these hangouts as the informal spaces outside home and school where people feel ...