There is something unexpectedly uncomfortable about walking into a completely silent dining room. You notice it immediately. The stillness feels heavier than ...

At this point, Julie Boland is resigned to awkward silences. She’s a psychology and linguistics professor at the University of Michigan, and like many of us, she’s been spending a lot of time on Zoom ...

Walking into a silent, dark room and feeling immediate tension is usually a bad sign for a parent. Something went down. It is ...