If additional insights or connections come of it, that’s great. All I can promise is that reading can be fun. Leo Callanan is a Young Judge for the 2026 KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards, set to ...

Men’s loneliness isn’t natural—it’s learned. A forgotten history of platonic male touch reveals how cultural shifts over the last 150 years trained men to fear affection and closeness.

In 2024, Mr. Dunham posted a video in which he rated his followers’ supposed sexual market values live on camera. After an 18-year-old participant rated himself “about a four,” Mr. Dunham asked him to ...

They can build mastery and increase positive emotions.” Not only that, but hobbies are also fun—and who doesn’t want more of ...

For Buddy Wiggins of Honolulu, Hawaii, the end result of a yearslong sports gambling addiction has come to this: soliciting strangers on the beach.

The phenomenon of older guys getting together is even broader than writer Benjamin Cassidy describes (“A Curious Gathering of ...

After a lifetime of settling for shame, secrecy and death onscreen, I had my doubts about “Heated Rivalry.” Then it seduced me, too.

Scientists have discovered that bird watching has some unexpected brain benefits. A 2026 study published in the Journal of ...

The threat posed by social isolation has been known to medical researchers and health care professionals for years, but the issue gained wider attention during the pandemic.

The 1950s and 1960s saw an explosion in leisure activities as men returned home from the war, technology proliferated, travel became quicker and more affordable, and wealth accumulated. Chief among ...

There’s a gender gap when it comes to hobbies and leisure time. That’s why we've compiled this list of hobbies for women — to help you relax, have fun, and feel good.

As we approach retirement, many of us dream not just of leisure but of pursuing passions and hobbies we may have set aside during our busy working lives. But what if these hobbies could also provide a ...