Oxford University Press’s word of 2024 was “brain rot.” The year also gave us a flurry of TikToks documenting “bed rotting.” What's with all this rotting — and is it a trend we should ...

The Vertikal Rotierender Fisch ('Vertically Rotating Fish') represents a weirdly familiar force of existential disruption.

Maybe we should be thankful that “Hawk Tuah” didn’t make the shortlist. Yes, we all have brain rot or, at least, think everyone else has it, and so it is Oxford’s word of the year.

We participate in political memes to express our anxiety that whatever is coming next might be even more chaotic than what is already happening.

you probably really look forward to going home and spending a Saturday on the sofa watching all of ‘Friends’ again, or ...

All are phrases well known among the younger community, also commonly referred to as ‘Brain Rot’, the term Brain Rot surfaced on the internet around as early as 2004 and has now regained its ...

Minimalist gadgets like the new Light Phone III, a smartphone that barely does anything, promise to help us focus. The trade-offs are big.

Researchers agree that sleep allows the brain to rest, repair itself, and remove all the toxins that can accumulate during ...