WASHINGTON — NASA is looking for U.S. citizens who are willing to live in isolation for 8 months as part of a study to understand the challenges astronauts may face on long-duration missions. NASA ...

For those who truly need to get away, NASA is recruiting participants for its next spaceflight simulation study, inviting a small group of people to live together in isolation for a period of eight ...

Using longitudinal data from the US Health and Retirement Study, this study applied causal inference modeling to disentangle ...

For many, keeping up with a brimming email inbox has become a chore. But for older adults, access to tools such as email and texting may help them stay socially engaged and reduce their chances of ...

ESA's SOLIS8 isolation study was conducted by the DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine. The isolation study investigates how best to prepare for and provide healthcare in isolated environments. For the ...

MIAMI - If you're lonely or socially isolated, you might have a higher risk of early death, according to a large new study. There have been many studies on the associations between social isolation, ...

Social isolation has a direct causal impact on how quickly cognitive function declines in later life, independent of whether someone feels lonely.

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers examine the associations of social isolation and loneliness with the risk of mortality in individuals with obesity versus normal-weight ...

LOMBRIVES CAVE, France -- Ever wonder what it would feel like to unplug from a hyperconnected world and hide away in a dark cave for 40 days? Fifteen people in France did just that, emerging last week ...

WASHINGTON — NASA is looking for U.S. citizens who are willing to live in isolation for 8 months as part of a study to understand the challenges astronauts may face on long-duration missions. NASA ...