Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever spend a little too much time scrolling through social media or binge-watching shows and end up feeling…fuzzy? The phrase ...

Oxford’s Word of the Year in 2024—has now collided with hard data. A 2025 peer‑reviewed review in Brain Sciences describes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The effects that short-form "junk" content has on LLMs reveal how this is not a problem for just some members of society ...

A few months ago, I was scrolling through TikTok when I came across a video that stopped me in my tracks. It starred an animated frog, dressed in a wizard hat, robe, and pink nail polish, superimposed ...

The term “brain rot” dates back to Henry David Thoreau’s 1854 book Walden,but in the digital age, it has become Oxford University Press’ 2024 Word of the Year. With people averaging nearly seven hours ...

Boomers, Gen X-ers, Millennials, lend me your ears (or hearing aids) – I've got a hot take you may not like. Those classic kids' TV shows you grew up with and love? They're absolute brainrot. If ...

Is television getting stupider? In today’s entertainment industry, plummeting attention spans and disinterested viewers are being treated less like obstacles to overcome than market opportunities.

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Is this my “Old Man Yells at (Digital) Cloud” moment? Gone are the days when our memes are all man-made. Just a couple years ago, the internet’s favorite absurd animals were photoshopped images of a ...

Data from Gallup and the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that Americans are reading fewer books and spending less time reading than ever. Books vs. Brain Rot: why it's so hard to read Data from Gallup ...