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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 ...

Skibidi toilet. Six seven. Tralalero tralala. Unc. Chopped. Aura. Sigma. Gyatt. Rizz. These slang words echo in the brains of educators, parents and older siblings. Middle schoolers today constantly ...

While that message has been spread on social media, researchers are just beginning to understand how the devices affect the mind Amber X. Chen | AAAS Mass Media Fellow Key takeaways: Smartphone use ...

If you’ve spent much time on TikTok recently, you may have noticed a strange new type of AI brain rot taking over: fruit dramas. These AI-generated short dramas feature odd-looking anthropomorphic ...

With short-form video now dominant on social media, researchers are racing to understand how the highly engaging, algorithm-driven format may be reshaping the brain. Subscribe to read this story ...

On a recent quiet weekday morning in Manhattan, I attempted to obtain a Labubu, the cutesy monster doll that has become the biggest international toy fad since Beanie Babies in the late nineties.