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As the Cold War began to ease, the Pentagon redirected the use of its network of low-frequency underwater microphones. They had installed the microphones in the 1950’s to detect Soviet submarines. Now they could be used by scientific institutions to track the movements of whales. In 1989 William Watkins…

It is not healthy to be lonely. A new finding from studies conducted over 21 years shows that people who lacked strong social ties and had few friends were 29 percent more likely to have a heart attack and 32 percent more likely to suffer a stroke. Researcher Nicole Valtorta reports that “if this is…

The Japanese have found a good friend for you and it will only cost you $1,600. Pepper is a 4-foot-tall human-shaped robot built by Tokyo-based telecom giant, SoftBank. Pepper’s programming allows it to sense your emotions based on vocal inflections and facial expressions. Pepper can talk, dance, tell…

A restaurant in Japan has a unique solution for diners who come in alone. To help their customers avoid the perils of eating alone, the Moomin House Café in Japan seats single diners with a stuffed animal companion called a Moomin, a family of white-hippo like characters created by a Finnish artist.…

Man Offers Ear to the Lonely on YouTube Ryan Fitzgerald is unemployed , lives with his father and has a little bit of time on his hands. So, he decided to offer his ear, to anyone who wants to call. Aftter posting a video with his cell phone number on YouTube on Friday, the 20-year-old told The Boston…