Tag: Loneliness
They don’t come as pills, but try these 6 underprescribed lifestyle...
Yoram Vodovotz, University of Pittsburgh and Michael Parkinson, University of Pittsburgh
The majority of Americans are stressed, sleep-deprived and overweight and suffer from largely preventable...
The impulse to garden in hard times has deep roots
Jennifer Atkinson, University of Washington
The coronavirus pandemic has set off a global gardening boom.
In the early days of lockdown, seed suppliers were depleted of...
Social distancing comes with social side effects – here’s how to...
Jonathan Kanter, University of Washington and Adam Kuczynski, University of Washington
To fight the spread of coronavirus, government officials have asked Americans to swallow a...
Teens have less face time with their friends – and are...
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
Ask a teen today how she communicates with her friends, and she’ll probably hold up her smartphone. Not that...
Spending time alone in nature is good for your mental and...
Brad Daniel, Montreat College; Andrew Bobilya, Western Carolina University, and Ken Kalisch, Montreat College
Today Americans live in a world that thrives on being busy,...
A history of loneliness
Amelia S. Worsley, Amherst College
Is loneliness our modern malaise?
Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says the most common pathology he saw during his years...
What the joyous solitude of early hermits can teach us about...
Kim Haines-Eitzen, Cornell University
In today’s world, loneliness seems to have reached epidemic proportions. Countless studies have highlighted the serious and negative impact that loneliness...
What’s behind TV bingeing’s bad rap?
Elizabeth Cohen, West Virginia University
Call it Netflix’s spring binge.
At the end of March, Netflix released the critically acclaimed “13 Reasons...
EXPLORING NATURE
‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will have Americans paying higher prices for dirtier energy
Daniel Cohan, Rice University
When congressional Republicans decided to cut some Biden-era energy subsidies to help fund their One...
