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This Is How Screen Time Affects the Developing Human Brain

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By Jean Twenge
Health

I Got a Landline to Save My Brain

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By Sydney Mondry
Health

Actually Talking to People May Be More Meaningful Than You Think

09.06.18

By Glynis Ratcliffie DON'T USE and Glynis Ratcliffe
Health

An Ode to Two Dots, the Game That Eases My Anxious Mind

09.05.18

By Gila Lyons
Health

The Way You Hold Your Mouse Could Be Causing Wrist Pain

07.12.18

By Matt Jancer
Health

To Some, Mindfulness Feels too Whitewashed to Embrace

06.29.18

By Ankita Rao
Health

Texting Culture Is Giving All of Us Anxiety

06.27.18

By Ankita Rao
Health

A 5-Second Adjustment to Break Your Phone Addiction

06.22.18

By Ankita Rao and Samantha Cole
Health

This Is What Texting While You Watch TV Does to Your Brain

06.21.18

By Markham Heid
Health

An Ode to These Extremely Chill Ads on Instagram

06.15.18

By Susan Rinkunas
Health

Our Brains Need Phones That Only Let You Do One Thing at a Time

06.13.18

By Shayla Love
Health

We Talked to People Who Work in Tech About How They Manage Screen Time

06.08.18

By Jesse Hicks

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AI Could Help Us Predict the Northern Lights

Predicting the northern lights has always been a little out of reach—until now.

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Gaming

‘Hyper Light Breaker’ Launches in Early Access Tomorrow (With a Fresh Trailer, Too), and Y’all Better Be Ready for This Early GotY Contender!

‘Hyper Light Breaker’ blesses us tomorrow with its Early Access release, and you know what? I’m convinced this will be an early 2025 beast!

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News

The Great Salt Lake Is Dying—and It’s Up to Farmers to Save It

The lake reached record lows in both 2021 and 2022.

01.13.25

By Luis Prada
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Gaming

Please End Our Suffering, Nintendo — Apparently, A Notable Leaker Has Called It: We’re Getting the Nintendo Switch 2 Reveal in a Few Days

For the love of God, Nintendo, announce the damn Nintendo Switch 2! I’m tired of writing articles about rumors! End. Our. Pain.

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Some Dunkin’ Stores in the States Are Completely Out of Doughnuts

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