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Tech Xplore / 'You're a 4 out of 10': The troubling rise of AI appearance ratings

A teenager joins an online video chat. Within seconds, artificial intelligence analyzes their face and gives them a score out of 10 for "attractiveness." They are compared in real time with another user who scores higher ...

Aug 10, 2026
Phys.org / Helping students be better organized

Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often struggle with executive functions—tasks involving managing their time, completing their homework, turning in assignments and planning for upcoming projects. ...

Aug 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cardiovascular care for older adults should account for cognitive impairment and frailty

Older adults with cardiovascular disease (CVD) often have coexisting cognitive impairment and frailty, conditions that can significantly affect treatment decisions, recovery, independence and quality of life and should be ...

Aug 10, 2026
Phys.org / Runaway supermassive black hole RBH-1 offers new way to reconstruct ancient merger

Black holes are fascinating regions in space where gravity is so strong that nothing, even light, can escape them. The largest known black holes, called supermassive black holes, contain millions to billions of times the ...

Aug 5, 2026
Phys.org / Urban canals can cut temperatures by more than 2°C during heat waves

New research from The University of Manchester has found that urban canals can cool their immediate surroundings by more than 2°C during heat waves.

Aug 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / How the brain's electrical signatures shift as tinnitus becomes chronic

Ears are built to listen to sounds from the world around us, but for some people, the sound comes from within. Tinnitus causes people to hear ringing or other noises in one or both ears or in their heads, even when there ...

Aug 4, 2026
Phys.org / Scientific advancement has never been more prolific—so why has trust in science plummeted?

From genome editing to quantum computing, scientific progress is accelerating at an unprecedented pace, yet public faith in science is collapsing. Our species has mapped the human genome, created powerful computers that sit ...

Aug 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / DIY peptide injections are risky

DIY peptide injections, which promise to boost everything from weight loss and muscle-building to longevity and sexual health, are a high-risk wellness fad that keeps growing.

Aug 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Physicians report negative impacts of abortion bans across pregnancy care

In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision allowed states to enact laws that ban or severely restrict abortion. Four years later, a study led by Harvard Medical School researchers ...

Aug 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / What happens when AI runs out of pictures?

A hospital may only ever collect a few dozen scans of a rare condition—for example, an unusual tumor. The radiology department wants software to flag this on a scan—not to replace a specialist, but to ensure a hospital without ...

Aug 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / How early-life stress leaves a 'scar' inside brain cells

Experiencing severe stress during childhood can make a person more vulnerable to anxiety, depression and other mood disorders when faced with hardships as an adult. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine ...

Aug 7, 2026
Phys.org / Drought and the war in Ukraine changed what families in Kenya could afford to eat

Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 had an almost immediate impact on global energy markets and the movement of food around the world. During the first year of the conflict, international crude oil and natural gas ...

Aug 10, 2026