A psychology professor warns that Gen Z's fear of phone calls and conversations isn't just awkward—it's causing measurable ...

Brain rot has become a shorthand for low-effort stimulation from endless scrolling - but is this constant digital overload actually shrinking your brain?

A law enforcement official confirmed the “specific person” Anderson was trying to free was Luigi Mangione, who’s being held at MDC Brooklyn while awaiting state and federal murder trials in the ...

The idea that we need more boredom in our overstimulated lives is popular right now. One neuroscientist is calling B.S. on it ...

Lowkenuinely is a portmanteau of low-key and genuinely, two adverbs that have been smashed together by young TikTok users who began using it at the end of last year.

(RNS) — Before 23-year-old Etai Atula shared everyday yogic wisdom with his 525,000 followers on Instagram, he was an anxious ...

You grab your phone, thinking it’ll just be for a minute. But that minute quickly turns into an hour of scrolling through ...

In a first, this week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a brain stimulation device designed to treat depression at home. The approval of the first such device for home depression ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One student summarized the allure of AI simply: "It’s easy. You don’t need to (use) your brain." (Francesco Carta fotografo—Getty ...

In the 1980s and 1990s, if a high school student was down on their luck, short on time, and looking for an easy way out, cheating took real effort. You had a few different routes. You could beg your ...

Astronauts’ brains can change shape and shift positions during stays in space, according to a new study with implications for NASA’s goals to conduct long-duration missions to the moon and Mars. The ...