'Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come': How Introverts Can Triumph Over Social Anxiety
Jessica Pan's new memoir offers a glimpse at a better world—one where we're open to meaningful interactions, rather than stuck in isolation.
Loneliness
PS Picks: 'Personal Shopper' and Stories of and for the Lonely
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The Lede, Issue #12: Inside an Embattled EPA, the Effects of Air Pollution, the Art of Loneliness, and More
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Middle School Ethnic Diversity Benefits All Students
New research finds students at schools lacking a dominant ethnic group feel safer and less lonely.
Perhaps We're More Self-Centered Because We're Lonely
New research finds the two traits are mutually reinforcing.
Don Draper and the Pursuit of Loneliness
Mad Men was always a sociological commentary on American culture.
The Social Life of Genes: Shaping Your Molecular Composition
Your DNA is not a blueprint. Day by day, week by week, your genes are in a conversation with your surroundings. Your neighbors, your family, your feelings of loneliness: They don't just get under your skin, they get into the control rooms of your cells. Inside the new social science of genetics.
People Who Feel Excluded Often Take Bigger Financial Risks
People who feel excluded take bigger financial risks.