Even with modest assumptions, the Drake Equation often suggests the galaxy should be chock full of extraterrestrial neighbors ...

We’re connecting children in the United States with kids in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua to share letters, drawings, and ...

Ellen Poulson and her friend, Carmen Doubleday, are meeting for the first time. Doubleday, a third grader at Lineweaver Elementary School, hands Poulson, 92, an origami cat that Doubleday made of ...

Two women who have been pen pals for 51 years finally met in person for the first time -- and the memorable moment was ...

Two women who were set up as pen pals by an American TV programme and a UK magazine in the 1970s have met for the first time.

In an age of instant messaging and vanishing attention spans, Slowly takes a deliberate step back. The app, launched in 2018 ...

“My pen pal loves playing Roblox and her favorite sport is swimming,” Lina, a fourth-grade student in the class, said. The ...

A Nebraska inmate serving a life sentence appeared on his then-girlfriend’s podcast to talk about their relationship. Then ...

Kathleen Chalfant (“The Affair”) chatted about starring in the Off-Broadway show “Pen Pals,” where she plays Mags opposite ...

What would an acorn write to an oak tree? Or a coat to her button? A child to his toes? A pebble to the river? Dear Acorn, ...

A longtime digital friendship frays over global indifference, a family is blindsided by a pregnancy reveal, and an aunt feels ...

Dear Eric: My bestie is a modern-day pen pal. I know him only through social media, but we’ve had many fine chats over the last decade—until recently. He lives in another country, where personal ...