How do you perk up a lonely fish? This may sound like the start ... During the Covid lockdown in 2020, Tokyo’s Sumida Aquarium asked for volunteers to FaceTime its 300 spotted garden eels ...

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It found that people over 50 are less likely to feel lonely, while 66 percent of people 65-plus say they hardly ever, or never, feel lonely. Moreover, a majority of adults 50 and over report that ...

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