Stories by Carlin Flora

Carlin Flora is a freelance writer and author of Friendfluence: The Surprising Ways Friends Make Us Who We Are (Doubleday, 2013). Credit: Nick Higgins

Electronics

Are Smartphones Really Destroying the Lives of Teenagers?

Recent headlines would have us believe that device-hooked teens are mentally and socially doomed. The reality isn't so simple

February 5, 2018 — Carlin Flora

Biology

Can Men and Women Be "Just Friends"?

Can women and men be friends? Attraction plays a significant role in opposite-sex friendship, but that doesn't make the bond any less beneficial

April 25, 2016 — Carlin Flora

Mind

Can Men and Women Be Just Friends?

Attraction plays a significant role in opposite-sex friendship, but that doesn't make the bond less beneficial

December 23, 2013 — Carlin Flora