Short-form video is dominant on social media, and so many of us are constantly scrolling as our algorithm feeds us ...

Ever reached a point where you've scrolled social media on your phone for so long before bedtime, you feel foggy, overstimulated, anxious and struggle to get to sleep? It may be that you, and your ...

Sol, Brita, Amtrak—which brand is going to try to rot our brains next? A few months ago, I was scrolling through TikTok when ...

Ever spend a little too much time scrolling through social media or binge-watching shows and end up feeling…fuzzy? The phrase “brain rot” has exploded online, used to describe everything from too much ...

You grab your phone and in that first swipe, you see someone traveling the world. Why aren’t you on vacation? Swipe again, and someone is living off the grid. Wow, shouldn’t you get rid of your laptop ...

A recent meta-analysis concerning short-form video, mental health, and attention spawned a lot of tech panic. Did critics ...

The short-form videos we gobble up every time we log onto Instagram, TikTok or Facebook might be making us dumber.

"Brain rot" refers to mindless, often absurd online content popular with kids and tweens, especially on TikTok and Roblox. A viral subgenre called "Italian brain rot" features surreal AI characters ...

Researchers concluded that the brain rot that comes from constant use of technology, especially social media, is making it ...

Blame cell death and fungi for brain decay, not TikTok. TikTok won't really make your brain rot. That doesn't happen until after death. While most brains rot quickly, researchers have found a ...

Imagine a time traveler from the quaint, analog world of the 1990s arriving in 2025. They wouldn’t just be shocked by our technology; they’d be utterly baffled by our behavior. The subtle, pervasive ...

It’s a Sunday night, and I have one essay, a quiz, three discussion posts and over 60 pages to read before Monday morning. Logically, the smart thing to do would be to start on the mountain of work as ...