Hobbies involve creativity, self-expression, and cognitive stimulation—and they enrich your world.

One art session a week has a similar effect on the ageing process as an extra workout, according to new research ...

Knitting, cooking, and gardening can do a lot more for your brain than you think. After knitting a scarf, you can’t help but feel a sense of accomplishment. When your garden starts to flourish, you ...

Maintaining physical and mental health often requires a multi-faceted approach. Eating well, exercising and reducing stress ...

Want a better life? You need a hobby. A study published last year in Nature reveals that people who engage in hobbies experience greater life satisfaction, more happiness and fewer depressive episodes ...

One of the best parts of dating, hands down, is that you always have someone to do all your favorite things with—whether it’s traveling the world or marathon-watching Love Island. But when was the ...

New data was just released on all the hobbies young people are looking for, and basically, its anything that doesn't involve ...

Hobby-maxxing is the 2026 trend replacing doomscrolling with pottery, knitting, baking, book clubs and other hands-on hobbies ...

Trying something new often starts as a casual experiment, usually driven by curiosity or a bit of spare time. Then something ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. I like to talk, and, sometimes, when I find that I’m droning on and on, I rein myself in by ...