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The truth about brain rot, according to science

Emerging research suggests overusing digital devices can be harmful, especially to mental health. But does being overly online truly rot our brains?
sciencenews 25h ago

A textbook assumption about early land vertebrates may be wrong

Three species that lived about 308 million years ago challenge the idea that the first land vertebrates underwent amphibian-like metamorphosis.
sciencenews 25h ago

A 2011 earthquake bounced a seismic wave off Earth’s core, nudging Japan east

The wave's round trip to Earth's core set off a fault slip along Japan's plate boundaries, revealing a seismic hazard scientists hadn't recognized.