The 37,000 people, who patently had little better to do at the time, voted for the Oxford English Dictionary winner ‘brain rot’. To me, the meaning of the term is rather sinister and dare I say it, ...

Slowly, although not imperceptibly, short-form internet content has become not only the norm, but in many ways a dominant method of how people consume anything from memes to news and even music.

I decided to be braver.” “It’s been a mad year working with these big dogs,” the 28-year-old London native says during a break from shooting a crime thriller called Tuner—as in piano ...

At Aster Hospital, Whitefield, the boy was diagnosed with brain rot – a cognitive and emotional deterioration caused by excessive screen time and lack of real-world interaction. This was not a ...

When a child develops a brain tumor, early diagnosis is essential. Alan Cohen, M.D., director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, shares the most common signs and symptoms ...

Brain rot is a colloquial term that describes mental and cognitive decline. The Oxford University Press, where it was also named as the word of the year 2024, describes it as “the supposed ...

A man with paralysis who had electrodes implanted in his brain can pilot a virtual drone through an obstacle course simply by imagining moving his fingers. His brain signals are interpreted by an ...

Remember when your parents warned you TV would rot your brain? They were onto something – just a few decades early. Both “brain rot” and “brainrot” snagged Oxford Word of the Year 2024, beating out ...

Brain rot, the colloquial term for cognitive deterioration from excessive consumption of low-quality online content, particularly the endless feed of short videos revolutionised by TikTok ...

“There’s a sort of evil out there,” says Sheriff Truman in an episode of David Lynch’s iconic TV series, “Twin Peaks.” That line gets to the heart of the work of the filmmaker, whose ...