It was a Christmas morning feeling when I first met Reggie, a darling little fluffball with button eyes deep nestled in his tawny, soft fur. He was so small he could fit in the palm of my hand, as ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was at dinner with two friends, and one shared the terrible news that her beloved dog had been diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. The only treatment is to make the dog ...

Editor’s Note: Is anything ailing, torturing, or nagging at you? Are you beset by existential worries? Every Tuesday, James Parker tackles readers’ questions. Tell him about your lifelong or ...

This experiment kit allows kids to learn programming and engineering skills screen-free by building a reptile robot with color-sensing and color-changing capabilities. Buy Now: My Robotic Pet: Coding ...

Our Ask the Therapist columnist, Lori Gottlieb, advises a reader who is realizing his friends may find his personality hard to take. By Lori Gottlieb Lori Gottlieb, a psychotherapist and best-selling ...

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy. The AI-powered Friend ...

Early on in My Undesirable Friends, filmmaker Julia Loktev’s monumental and marathon-length chronicle of Russian journalists attempting to practice their trade in Putin‘s Russia, an interview subject ...

With shelters overflowing and the cost of veterinary care rising, Animal Friends is stepping in to help pet owners and caretakers in the City of Pittsburgh. The nonprofit has launched a temporary ...

Because the Russian alphabet has no direct equivalent of the letter “H,” speakers often substitute a “G” sound; “Harry Potter” thus becomes “Garry Potter.” We’re reminded of this funny detail early ...

A sequel to the Julia Roberts romantic comedy “My Best Friend’s Wedding” is in early development at Sony Pictures. The studio has tapped “Materialists” and “Past Lives” writer-director Celine Song to ...

My Pet Monster burst onto the scene in 1986 as a plush toy with a twist—he had blue fur, orange horns, and wore plastic breakaway handcuffs. Unlike most cuddly toys, My Pet Monster was designed to ...

Welcome to Asking for a Friend, a monthly advice column dedicated to helping you make sense of your messiest, most complicated friendship moments. Each month, clinical psychologist Miriam Kirmayer, ...