Voted word of the year in 2024, “brain rot” describes the foggy feelings you get after scrolling social media for hours, ...

Does "brain rot" from scrolling online have real effects? Experts weigh in. Plus, an elephant fills up at the grocery store, and a sleep scientist shares tips on avoiding the snooze button.

Brain rot, refers to the deterioration of one’s mental or intellectual state as a result of over-consuming "trivial or ...

Below, as much sense as we can make about the AI slop the internet can’t stop sopping up, from why certain characters are considered problematic to how this all connects back to Dwayne “the Rock” ...

Doomscrolling. Instagram obsessions. Mindless YouTube video viewing. Last year, Oxford University Press designated "brain rot ...

Blame cell death and fungi for brain decay, not TikTok. TikTok won't really make your brain rot. That doesn't happen until after death. While most brains rot quickly, researchers have found a ...

If you’re busy picking outfits that will SLAP for BRAT summer, or thinking of ways to make it “very demure, very mindful” — you're probably experiencing brain rot, due to the ...

The first thing you need to know about Italian brain rot is that it isn’t strictly Italian. The second thing you need to know is that any discussion of what it means will most likely make you ...

He then made a second AI-generated poster to “Elect Albanese for Australia” with himself and Albanese pictured with kangaroos, tagging Sydney radio duo Jimmy and Nath, which he spoke to on ...

Meet Ballerina Cappuccina and the Italian brain rot crew, an absurd group of A.I.-generated characters that are flooding TikTok. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta The first thing you need to know about ...

Why Trust Us? In 2024, “brain rot” was the Oxford word of the year. They defined it as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the ...

Rhythm Psychosis is a rhythm adventure game about a psychotic hikikomori girl—also an avid anonymous poster—who corrupts the world with her severe brain rot from listening to too many denpa songs.