Chris Duffy isn't going to sugarcoat it: Making friends as an adult is hard. If you’ve ever tried to figure out exactly how to ask a potential platonic connection for their number—or word that first ...

Take a look at the contact list on your phone. Chances are that you have dozens of names and numbers, but you’re in touch with only a small subset of those people on a regular basis. Sure, some ...

You may feel like you can read your friend’s mind or that you can finish each other’s sentences. It’s not your imagination. There is new scientific proof that your friends influence you ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Tracy Brower writes about joy, community and the future of work. In the process of making friends and maintaining friendships, ...

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared that America is in the grip of a loneliness epidemic. There are many causes for this isolation, but here’s one few seem to have considered: barriers to ...