Officials in South Africa, the world’s biggest exporter of citrus after Spain, discovered bud rot in commercial papaya orchards in two provinces and warned farmers to exercise caution when ...

“There’s a sort of evil out there,” says Sheriff Truman in an episode of David Lynch’s iconic TV series, “Twin Peaks.” That line gets to the heart of the work of the filmmaker, whose ...

I’d wanted to get a kid’s perspective on “brain rot,” Oxford University Press’ 2024 word of the year that describes both low-quality video content and what seemingly happens to the mind after watching ...

It’s the way that podcast hosts talk in my ear. I know I’m not alone, because people in my life complain about their own brain-rot speech patterns all the time. I’ve also seen strangers do it.

Among the many words I learned this year — in addition to “Skibidi Ohio,” which apparently means strange or weird — is the term “brain rot.” My niece explained that brain rot is what happens to your ...

Neuroscientists tell us that “Brain Rot” is becoming a trend that can dampen a smart, “thinking” brain. After all, your brain is your best friend. It’s with you 24/7, and never leaves ...

Yan, who shares a flat with a colleague in suburban Shanghai, was mocking himself, saying he was lazy, by using a new buzz phrase “bailan” which literally means “let it rot” that is ...