Gossiping—whether we like to admit it or not, we've all done it. With 70 percent of Americans talking about their relatives, family gossip was highlighted as the most popular kind of gossip, research ...

Before there was social media, there was gossip. Long before tweets could topple reputations, whispers did the job just fine—sometimes with deadlier precision. Gossip fed the frenzy of the Salem Witch ...

The researchers then looked at how much time couples spent gossiping-defined as talking about a person who is not physically present. On average, people spent about 38 minutes a day gossiping, and ...

The tea is piping hot. There’s no denying that everyone loves a good gossip sesh. And it turns out — spilling the tea to a friend is actually good for your mental health. Sure, gabbing gets a bad rep, ...

Ms. Leibowitz is a staff editor in Opinion. In its most recent survey on the topic, the polling giant YouGov found that half of Americans admit to having “spread a piece of gossip.” YouGov did not ...

Gossip is deeply embedded in human behavior, with evidence suggesting that even ancient societies engaged in it. Anthropologists have studied gossip’s role in hunter-gatherer communities, and research ...

Gossiping gets a bad rap, but psychology experts say it could actually benefit our mental health. The activity can help "make meaning of our world and situations," according to Thea Gallagher, PsyD, ...