https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Just weeks after the premiere of popular gay hockey romance series "Heated Rivalry," star Hudson Williams' extensive skincare routine has gone viral. In a now-viral video for The Cut, the 24-year-old walks viewers through his "five-step Korean beauty routine." https://phys.org/news/2026-01-men-embracing-beauty-culture.html Social Sciences Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:21:35 EST news688908061 Some stars appear to defy time itself. Nestled within ancient star clusters, they shine bluer and brighter than their neighbors, looking far younger than their true age. Known as blue straggler stars, these stellar oddities have puzzled astronomers for more than 70 years. Now, new results using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope are finally revealing how these "forever young" stars come to be and why they thrive in quieter cosmic neighborhoods. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-hubble-uncovers-secret-blue-straggler.html Astronomy Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:53:40 EST news688323181 Teenagers all over the world use social media and messaging apps as part of their daily lives. This is accompanied by growing concerns about negative effects of social media on youth mental health—and ongoing debates around limiting screen time and access to digital devices. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-teenagers-adults-digital.html Social Sciences Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:24:04 EST news682694642 Any account of love and dating in the 2020s is incomplete without addressing an uncomfortable topic: are our encounters with technology shaping who we are and how we desire? https://phys.org/news/2025-07-dating-app-categories.html Social Sciences Tue, 22 Jul 2025 12:00:02 EDT news672401248 Have you ever found yourself thinking a server, salesperson or customer service employee was especially attractive, and wondered if that changed the way you felt about the interaction or even the outcome? https://phys.org/news/2025-06-advantage-customer.html Economics & Business Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:20:04 EDT news669910801 The stately and inclined spiral galaxy NGC 3511 is the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy is located 43 million light-years away in the constellation Crater (The Cup). From Hubble's vantage point in orbit around Earth, NGC 3511 is tilted by about 70 degrees, intermediate between face-on galaxies that display the full disk of the spiral and its arms, and edge-on galaxies that offer a side view, revealing only their dense, flattened disks. https://phys.org/news/2025-05-hubble-spies-inclined-spiral-galaxy.html Astronomy Fri, 23 May 2025 11:30:04 EDT news667217064 In research published in Advanced Science, investigators describe their ability to reconstruct 3D facial images from DNA data, which could have important applications in forensic investigations of crime scenes. https://phys.org/news/2025-05-forensic-scientists-reconstruct-facial-3d.html Biotechnology Wed, 07 May 2025 03:00:04 EDT news665742955 They're the modern way to find love, according to the 323 million people who use them worldwide, but dating apps are fueling an obsession with cosmetic surgery that may not have a happy ending. https://phys.org/news/2025-02-swipe-style-surgery-dating-apps.html Social Sciences Fri, 21 Feb 2025 04:32:04 EST news659334722 Researchers have found that when we invest in our appearance and feel we look better—whether in reality, online, or even just in our imagination—we behave more kindly and are twice as likely to donate to charity. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-investing-contributors-society.html Social Sciences Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:39:36 EST news651775174 Digital technology and social media have revolutionized communication, making people more connected than ever. Yet many developed nations are struggling with loneliness and data has shown that while we have more ways to connect with others, the quantity and quality of our connections may be declining, especially among young people. https://phys.org/news/2024-11-struggling-relationships-materialistic.html Social Sciences Wed, 06 Nov 2024 12:47:04 EST news650119621 A new study has found that people tend to alter their appearance to suit their names. The researchers sought to determine whether parents choose a baby name based on what seems fitting for the baby's appearance, or if individuals' facial appearances change over the years to align with the social stereotypes associated with their names. https://phys.org/news/2024-07-reveals-people-evolve.html Social Sciences Mon, 29 Jul 2024 11:21:37 EDT news641470860 Many of us would like to think if we saw a stranger committing a crime, we'd be able to identify them later in a lineup. Even if it was only a fleeting glimpse, a haircut or a different outfit wouldn't stop us recognizing them again shortly after. Surely we'd remember their facial structure, or eyes or any distinctive marks? https://phys.org/news/2024-07-criminal-lineup-theyve-youd.html Social Sciences Wed, 10 Jul 2024 11:30:01 EDT news639828111 Rusty in appearance and magnificent in detail, a new image of the Mawrth Vallis region on Mars reveals a world rich in iron, magnesium and aluminum. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-exomars-gas-orbiter-image-exposes.html Planetary Sciences Thu, 20 Jun 2024 11:56:02 EDT news638103361 Deakin University, eSafety and Queensland University of Technology joint research released today has found that young men are both victims and perpetrators of online harm. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-explores-young-men-anxieties-pressures.html Social Sciences Mon, 17 Jun 2024 12:25:28 EDT news637845924 Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology have found that the correlation between face masks and perceptions of trustworthiness may be linked to social norms rather than how they impact appearance. https://phys.org/news/2024-04-mask-trustworthy.html Social Sciences Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:19:02 EDT news631984741 How someone feels about their personal appearance or attractiveness can significantly affect their level of life satisfaction, according to a new study out of York University, which looked at a broad range of factors and their contribution to happiness. https://phys.org/news/2024-03-key-drivers-life-satisfaction-happiness.html Social Sciences Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:45:57 EST news628965954 National University of Singapore (NUS) physicists have developed a method of converting fish scale waste into a versatile material with dual functionalities—encryption of sensitive information and acting as a bio-adsorbent to effectively remove Rhodamine B pollutant. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-fish-scale-sustainable-solution-pollution.html Biotechnology Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:38:58 EST news628169935 It's no secret that people can be quick to judge others, particularly when it comes to how a person looks. There have been tons of studies on how physical facial appearance, like makeup or facial hair, impacts a person's perception of someone else. https://phys.org/news/2024-02-explores-people-snap-judgment-unfamiliar.html Plants & Animals Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:27:03 EST news627744421 It's lonely out there in the frozen outer solar system. On Saturday, December 9th, that most famous of all comets 1P/Halley reaches a hallmark point on its 75-year journey through the solar system, reaching aphelion or its most distant point from the sun. https://phys.org/news/2023-12-famed-halley-comet-aphelion-weekend.html Astronomy Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:32:03 EST news621181921 Appearance significantly influences the compensation of chief executive officers in the banking sector. In American banks, CEOs with more attractive facial features earn, on average, one million dollars more per year than their less appealing colleagues. https://phys.org/news/2023-09-matterhandsome-bank-ceos-million-colleagues.html Social Sciences Wed, 20 Sep 2023 17:11:57 EDT news614448715 In our new study, published on Tuesday, we surveyed 701 migrant and refugee women in Australia and found nearly half had experienced sexual harassment in the workplace over the past five years. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-migrant-refugee-women-sexually-australian.html Social Sciences Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:50:01 EDT news612534870 Heat-stressed fish embryos release chemical signals that change the appearance, behavior, and development of fish embryos that were not heat stressed, according to a study. Stress during development can change how an embryo grows and which genes are activated. Katharina Wollenberg Valero and colleagues explored how stress might be communicated to other animals and what the consequences are. Their work is published in the journal PNAS Nexus. https://phys.org/news/2023-05-heat-stressed-fish-embryos-stress-nearby.html Plants & Animals Wed, 24 May 2023 12:13:39 EDT news604149217 TikTok's new "bold glamor" filter "enhances" physical features in a way that makes it difficult to distinguish whether someone is using a filter or not, despite its airbrushing qualities. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-beauty-filters-tiktok-bold-glamor.html Social Sciences Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:09:04 EDT news600955742 Online sellers are more likely to boost their consumer engagement if they are good-looking, according to a new study undertaken by Charles Darwin University (CDU) in collaboration with institutions in China, Vietnam and France. https://phys.org/news/2023-03-good-consumer-engagement.html Social Sciences Thu, 09 Mar 2023 12:07:02 EST news597586021 An international team including HSE researchers has conducted the largest ever cross-cultural study of appearance-enhancing behaviors. They have found that people worldwide spend an average of four hours a day on enhancing their beauty. Caring for one's appearance does not depend on gender, and older people worry as much about looking their best as the young do. The strongest predictor of attractiveness-enhancing behaviors appears to be social media usage. The study findings have been published in Evolution and Human Behavior. https://phys.org/news/2023-02-people-16th-lifetimes.html Social Sciences Tue, 28 Feb 2023 16:11:04 EST news596823062 Candy, sweet and salty snacks, sugary drinks, and ice cream brands frequently appear in videos posted by top child-influencers on "made-for-kids" YouTube channels, according to a new paper from researchers at the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health at the University of Connecticut. Video views for the 13 channels analyzed in this study exceeded 155 billion as of June 2020. https://phys.org/news/2023-02-food-beverage-brands-common-child-influencer.html Social Sciences Thu, 09 Feb 2023 14:06:36 EST news595173990 Despite attempts by the airline industry to cultivate more diverse working environments, researchers from Surrey have found that gendered practices and pressures still persist—with female cabin crew encountering precise expectations on appearance that are not extended to their male counterparts. https://phys.org/news/2023-01-airline-industry-gender-conformity.html Social Sciences Tue, 17 Jan 2023 12:44:58 EST news593181892 Makeup is a form of body art that has been used for millennia to change facial appearance. Though styles of makeup have varied through time and between cultures, the actual modification of the face tends to be quite similar, with an emphasis on making the skin appear more even and the facial features more prominent. For instance, think Cleopatra eyes or Kylie Jenner lips. https://phys.org/news/2022-11-makeup-facial-features-skin-evenness.html Other Fri, 18 Nov 2022 13:03:00 EST news587998978 New findings from the Universities of Manchester and Sheffield and have highlighted long term trends in court appearances for young adults. "Young adults in court: shrinking numbers and increasing disparities," as the title suggests, shows young adults have become far less likely to appear in court over the previous decade. However, the data imply that prejudice against minorities has led to unequal rates of court appearances and custody for non-white young adults. https://phys.org/news/2022-10-young-adults-courts-prosecution-prejudice.html Social Sciences Tue, 11 Oct 2022 11:11:13 EDT news584705470 For the first time, researchers successfully sequenced the genome of ancient human fossils from the Late Pleistocene in southern China. The data, published July 14 in the journal Current Biology, suggests that the mysterious hominin belonged to an extinct maternal branch of modern humans that might have contributed to the origin of Native Americans. https://phys.org/news/2022-07-dna-ancient-population-southern-china.html Archaeology Thu, 14 Jul 2022 11:02:26 EDT news577015333