Future Love

How advancements in science, technology, and culture are changing love, sex, and dating.

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Psychology

What To Do When Conversations Get Awkward

By Alexandra Plakias and The Conversation

An expert in moral psychology weighs in on how to get through awkward moments.

Sleep

Why This One Simple Habit Could Lead To Much Better Sleep

By Gina Mason, Goffredina Spanò and The Conversation

It’s time to look closer at co-sleeping — with babies and beyond.

Health

This New Memory Study Upends What We Know About How the Brain Makes Connections

By Ines Bramao, Marius Boeltzig, Mikael Johansson and The Conversation

Forming connections is an adaptive process and enhances our knowledge quickly and flexibly.

Health

This Personality Trait May Explain Why You Are Still Single

By The Conversation, Christopher Pepping, Yuthika Girme, Tim Cronin and Geoff Macdonald

A crucial factor may be a person’s attachment style.

Pet Science

Why Does My Dog Sit Facing Away From Me? A Pet Expert Explains

By Tara Yarlagadda

Their behavior might not be as strange as you think.

The Future of Love

The Emerging Science of Touch Reveals How Much We Don’t Yet Know About Pleasure

By Elana Spivack

Perhaps the beauty of love is that one doesn’t need a unified scientific theory in order to feel it.

The Future of Love

In the Metaverse, the Perfect Date Might Actually Exist — If You Can Find It

By Becca Caddy

First we get legs, then we find love.

The Future of Love

The Final Frontier of Human Sexuality May Be in Space

By Tatyana Woodall

Can love survive in the cosmic void? And if so, should it?

Sunday Scaries

Why the Antidote to Heartbreak May Lie in the Power of Stories

By Sarah Sloat

The end of a relationship doesn’t have to cause you long-term harm.

Ruff Ruff

Why can’t I understand my dog? Recent research may offer an answer

By Tara Yarlagadda

A new study suggests you may not know Fido as well as you think.