After the lackluster fourth and fifth seasons and the so-so series finale, I was pretty much over Stranger Things when it wrapped up at the end of 2025. The idea of a secret final final episode, let ...

Weezer have announced the 20th album of their career with a very familiar title (yes, it's self-titled with a new gold color scheme) and they've just issued a brand new collaborative single "We Might ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Jason Riley, Allysia Finley and Kim Strassel. Photo: Mike Segar/Abdul Saboor/Reuters Human beings are highly social creatures, made happier and ...

The fight between “Strangers” author Belle Burden and her ex-husband is getting grittier, with the revelation she was worth $63 million when they married. Socialite Burden’s memoir became a ...

Nick Epley was commuting to work at the University of Chicago when he looked across the train and wondered: Why are all these people sitting elbow to elbow ignoring each other? Epley, a professor of ...

Re “Public Offering,” by Melissa Kirsch (The Morning newsletter, nytimes.com, May 2): Ms. Kirsch’s article about the value of becoming a bit more extroverted and conversing with strangers addresses an ...

The Upside Down has arrived at your local McDonald's. The fast-food chain has teamed up with Netflix on a limited-edition Happy Meal to celebrate the premiere of the streamer's new animated series ...

Welcome back, nerds. If you're a Stranger Things fan who went down the "Conformity Gate" theory rabbit hole, you won't have to wait much longer to go back in time and hang with the Hawkins, Ind., crew ...

I was always amazed at the ability of my husband’s parents to strike up conversations with total strangers any time in almost any place. Most memorable was an escalator ride going down to the main ...

A quick look at how we have designed the modern world suggests that most people would prefer not talking to strangers. We order our food via apps to avoid talking to a restaurant employee or cashier.

My husband, Don, will talk to anyone. In line at a store, on a plane, in a parking lot; it doesn’t matter where we’re at, he’ll engage. In fact, I have my current job because he was gregarious enough ...