Want to create your very own 'soft kitchen'? According to these designers, there are a few simple ways you can do just that ...

Feelings of rejection can be common — you may feel ostracized at work, rejected by a partner or even snubbed by friends — but a new study from England shows how a gentle touch can curb these feelings ...

For the last part of her cesarean section, Amber Murr had her newborn son on her chest. “As they finished sewing me up in the operating room, he was just lying on my chest,” said the Lancaster ...

While robots with a human touch are still not a common sight, they are slowly appearing in public. For years, recreating the softness sensation of a person’s touch remained the ultimate technological ...

A new study has helped solve a long-standing mystery about the sense of touch. The “gentle touch” sensations that convey the stroke of a finger, the fine texture of something grasped and the light ...

Stroke the soft body of a newborn fruit fly larva ever-so-gently with a freshly plucked eyelash, and it will respond to the tickle by altering its movement — an observation that has helped scientists ...