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Most people think of loneliness as something that only affects emotions. It’s usually associated with feeling sad, disconnected, or left out. However, research increasingly shows that loneliness doesn’t just affect how we feel; it may also affect how our brains function. A recent study published in the journal Menopause highlights how powerful social connections can be for cognitive health. Researchers analyzed data from 903 women between the ages of 45 and 55 who were goin

For years now, social media has been cast as the main culprit behind rising mental health issues among teens and young adults. Anxiety? Blame Instagram. Loneliness? TikTok. Depression? Must be the algorithm. However, according to Meta, that story doesn’t actually align with the science. In a recent response to lawsuits and growing political pressure around teen social media bans, Meta pushed back hard on the idea that social platforms alone are responsible for youth mental he

If you’ve spent any time on TikTok, Instagram Reels, or YouTube Shorts this year, you’ve probably felt it too: social media doesn’t feel like it did even three years ago. The way we scroll, the platforms we trust, the communities we hang out in, everything is shifting in real time. And we finally have numbers to prove it, thanks to the latest 2025 data from the Pew Research Center. The platforms we think are “dying” aren’t really dying… and the ones we think are “taking over