Nation Jul 23 Watch 9:58 Developers claim AI can help combat loneliness, but critics say it can’t be trusted There have been amazing advances in artificial intelligence with software and robots that listen and respond to human conversation with a kind of realism rarely seen before. That's both exciting and disturbing to experts about what it can mean for… By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes
Nation Jan 17 Watch 8:13 Why a growing number of American men say they are in a ‘friendship recession’ American men are stuck in what’s been dubbed a friendship recession, with 20 percent of single men now saying they don’t have any close friends. More than half of all men report feeling unsatisfied with the size of their friend… By Geoff Bennett, Mike Fritz, Sam Lane
Health Jan 08 Watch 5:32 Why Americans are lonelier and its effects on our health According to U.S. Census Bureau surveys, Americans have been spending less time with friends and more time alone since before the pandemic, which has only intensified the sense of social isolation. Laurie Santos, a cognitive scientist and psychology professor at…
Health Aug 10 Watch 2:34 A nurse practitioner’s Brief But Spectacular take on combating loneliness Laurie Theeke is a nurse practitioner who studies loneliness as a unique bio-psychosocial stressor that impacts human health. After years of clinical experience, she developed a five-session program called "LISTEN," which seeks to guide participants on a journey to find…