Handshakes have been used for thousands of years as a way to show trust and agreement, and may have originated as a way to show that one was not carrying a weapon.

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Handshakes have been put on pause amid the coronavirus pandemic — and they may never come back if some Americans get their way. The handshake has ...

Editor’s Note: This article is part of “Uncharted,” a series about the world we’re leaving behind, and the one being remade by the pandemic. Handshakes, historically, have often been invoked in that ...