‘Brain rot’—the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year—describes the potential mental decline caused by spending way too many hours on your phone or computer. If you’ve ever surfaced from an hours ...

Since being draft to the NBA in 2009 by the Portland Trail Blazers, Patty Mills has set the bar for Australian basketball players. Across a 16-year career, Mills has become one of the NBA's most ...

Canadian researcher Masoud Kianpour warns that online brain rot is undermining peoples’ storytelling skills. The Toronto Metropolitan University Senior Research Fellow observed that more folks ...

Feeling tired and bored all the time? You might be experiencing "brain rot!" After an endless scroll through countless videos online, it’s common to feel mentally drained, unfocused, and even a ...

The term "brain rot" is having its moment in the sun. First written down by Henry David Thoreau in 1854, brain rot became the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year in 2024. While this isn’t a ...

The Out of Touch Adults' Guide to Kid Culture is a weekly deep dive into the secrets of youth culture, examining the current trends, slang, hashtags, and viral videos of Generations Z and A, and ...

Regardless of your age, the science is clear: Brain rot is real. Brain rot is not a medical condition — it’s slang describing the mental malaise and isolation caused by excessive screen time.

Former Boomers coach Brian Goorjian says a shot-maker like ... out of his way to make a play when you're under pressure?" Patty Mills delivered one last iconic Olympics moment for Australia ...