New research has discovered where people do and don’t like to be touched — and a lot of it depends on how well we know a person. The study, which was published in the journal PNAS, asked more than ...

In a series called "Touching Strangers," the photographer Richard Renaldi asked complete strangers walking down the streets of New York City to pose together, making it look like they were family ...

A tense exchange between the actor Denzel Washington and a photographer at Cannes is raising questions about laying hands on someone you don’t know. By Catherine Pearson In a tense exchange on the red ...

A Goshen photographer is trying to capture the spark between two people who have just met. She is taking romantic pictures of complete strangers, calling the project “Stranger Sessions.” It's creating ...

A friend brings you to a party where you don't know anyone, but you want to make an impression on the next person you meet. Your friend hugs a friend and introduces you. Do you hug them, too? Stop ...

Holding the hand of a stranger is a creepy kind of wonderful. And asking strangers to touch each other might only seem creepy — but it has produced an awkwardly wonderful series by fine art ...