As I observed in a column last year, the 2024 election was characterized online by its brain-rot memes, nonsensical collisions of imagery that produced a lot of noise but little coherent impact.

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Some TikTokers are memorializing peak moments in their lives with a "Hozier yell," while others are spending their precious time on Earth creating brain-rot "juggtok" videos, or getting really ...

Mar. 5, 2025 — Scientists used positron emission tomography (PET) with edaravone, a drug used to treat ALS, to detect oxidative stress, which leads to brain damage, ... New 4D Brain Map Reveals ...

Genetic Mutations Linked to Toxin Exposure Found in Firefighters' Brain Tumors Mar. 10, 2025 — In a study comparing the glioma tumors of firefighters and non-fighters, researchers found a ...

Sport could be the answer. At the end of 2024, the Oxford English Dictionary announced that their word of the year – as voted by 37 000 people – was “brain rot”. To clarify, the annual word of the ...

Brain zaps are brief episodes that feel like electrical or buzzing sensations in the head, which may be perceived as coming from the brain. These episodes are not dangerous. They have been given the ...

"Brain fog" is an informal term that describes a range of symptoms caused by a mild cognitive impairment (including the ability to think, perceive, learn, or remember). People with brain fog describe ...