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Medical Xpress / No, your brain doesn't suddenly 'fully develop' at 25. Here's what the neuroscience actually shows

If you scroll through TikTok or Instagram long enough, you'll inevitably stumble across the line: "Your frontal lobe isn't fully developed yet." It's become neuroscience's go-to explanation for bad decisions, like ordering ...

Dec 27, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Moral arguments about care and fairness persuade both liberals and conservatives

A new study shows that moral arguments appealing to care and fairness can persuade both liberals and conservatives in the United States. By contrast, arguments grounded in the "binding" moral foundations—loyalty, authority ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Do marathons damage your heart? Decade-long study shows no long-term cardiac harm

A marathon pushes the human body close to its limits. Legs tire, lungs burn and the heart works hard for hours on end. For years, that strain has raised an uncomfortable question: does running 26 miles actually damage the ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Cardiology
Medical Xpress / What's the deal with ... banana water?

If a can of coconut water and a banana smoothie had a baby, it might be banana water. The latest plant-based hydration beverage on the market is being touted as "the peel good beverage" that offers "a bunch of nutrients." ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Health
Phys.org / AI maps complex nanocrystal reactions, revealing new paths in semiconductor synthesis

Professor Joongoo Kang's team from the Department of Physics and Chemistry at DGIST and Professor Sohee Jeong's team from the Department of Energy Science at Sungkyunkwan University have developed a technology that visualizes ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Tech Xplore / Deepfakes leveled up in 2025—here's what's coming next

Over the course of 2025, deepfakes improved dramatically. AI-generated faces, voices and full-body performances that mimic real people increased in quality far beyond what even many experts expected would be the case just ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Security
Phys.org / How young adult literature and philosophy can help provide better role models for masculinity

Toxic masculinity doesn't stop at marginalizing women and LGBTQ+ people. It harms straight men by discouraging emotional expression, tenderness, and connection.

Dec 29, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Venus cloud research highlights value of combining light and polarization measurements

A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has advanced the characterization and retrieval capability evaluation of microphysical properties of Venusian clouds and haze.

Dec 29, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / How stroke influences speech comprehension

Following a stroke, some people experience a language disorder that hinders their ability to process speech sounds. How do their brains change from stroke?

Dec 29, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Tech Xplore / They graduated from Stanford: Due to AI, they can't find a job

A Stanford software engineering degree used to be a golden ticket. Artificial intelligence has devalued it to bronze, recent graduates say.

Dec 29, 2025 in Business
Medical Xpress / AI-designed protein shows 50% greater anti-inflammatory effect in animal studies

A research team has developed a next-generation anti-inflammatory protein using AI and supercomputing.

Dec 29, 2025 in Inflammatory disorders
Medical Xpress / How can I get water out of my ear after swimming?

Swimming is one of the best parts of summer. But long after you've cooled down and dried off, you might be left with a niggling feeling—there is still water in your ear.

Dec 29, 2025 in Health