Key points Synthetic relationships are filling the void to satisfy the fundamental human need for social connection. Research shows excessive use of these tools may worsen loneliness and erode social skills. Experts and advocates are highlighting the need for guardrails and regulations to ensure user safety and well-being.
James Blake stares down loneliness on “Death of Love” Hear the first single from Trying Times, out March 13.
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Health How loneliness became major public health issue U.K., U.S. experts trace rise in awareness through research, political involvement, pandemic
The study published in the journal PLOS One, found a link between loneliness and binge-watching addiction, suggesting some people may be using television series to cope with social disconnection.
Public, policy, and media discourses increasingly frame loneliness as a “modern epidemic,” raising concerns that this complex emotional and social experience is being medicalized. However, empirical attempts to trace the extent and mechanisms of this process remain limited. Adopting a social constructionist perspective, this article operationally defines medicalization as the process of …
After January 6, 2026, loneliness comes to an end for three zodiac signs. The Waning Gibbous phase has us going over what we’ve already built and how we can now share it with others.
In recent weeks, a morbid-sounding app has taken China by storm, tapping into widespread loneliness and youth disaffection in the world’s second most populous country.
By 2023, only 61 percent of 12th-grade girls said that — a 22-percentage-point drop. And some of the causes of the romantic recession are social and economic.
This study is the first comprehensive meta-analysis to focus solely on healthy populations and demonstrated that loneliness significantly correlates with poorer health outcomes, including general health, physical limitations, and sleep function. It highlights that those effects are robust even in non-clinical samples, underscoring the broader public health implications of loneliness. The study …