The term "brain rot" refers to how low-quality internet content may slow your brain function. It's usually tied to watching specific types of content, usually nonsensical, embarrassing, or weird. But ...

Each year, Oxford University Press—the publisher behind the esteemed Oxford English Dictionary—chooses a word or phrase from the national discourse to be its Word of the Year. For 2024, their ...

The conversation on brain health has been growing in recent years, and 2024 was no exception. This year brought significant highlights, including increased investment in brain capital (also known as ...

Can you imagine a world where you walk into a classroom and greet your students only to quickly realize that you can’t understand half the words they are saying? I’ve seen this play out in my own ...

"Ballerina cappucccina" is not the latest trend in fancy lattes. Instead, it's a dainty ballerina with a giant coffee mug for a head, a character from a popular TikTok meme in the category of ...

In a world where our growing dependence on digital devices and social media is increasingly under fire, the term "brain rot"—the idea that endless scrolling of low-value content negatively impacts our ...

This is the seventh installment in a series of articles about the science of various aspects of college life. In a matter of weeks, “6 7” has transformed from two sequential numbers to a phrase so ...

There’s a name for that feeling you get after spending too long scrolling aimlessly, and Oxford University Press (OUP) has chosen it as its word for the year for 2024. “Brain rot” took the title in a ...

I was recently sitting with my friend’s 9-year-old son, Guillermo, as he teed up a YouTube video on the TV. I’d wanted to get a kid’s perspective on “brain rot,” Oxford University Press’ 2024 word of ...