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The ‘Word of the Year’ Lost Its Meaning
Even though the contests still claim they are meant to “capture pivotal moments in language and culture”—a quote from Dictionary.com, whose 2025 Word of the Year “67” isn’t even a word—the scene has become a shell of its former self.
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AI Slop Is Flooding YouTube Because People Keep Watching It
Researchers analyzed 15,000 of the world’s most popular YouTube channels—the top 100 trending in every country—and discovered that 278 of them contain only AI slop. Together, these channels have amassed more than 63 billion views and 221 million subscribers.
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Dark Patterns: Study Shows How TikTok Harms Our Memory
A team of scientists from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, designed a study to find out if short-form videos are frying our brains, and the answer they got was yes. Very much so.
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‘Scientific American’ Covers from the 1920s That Reveal How Innovation Inspired a Generation
Founded in 1845, ‘Scientific American’ is the oldest continuously running magazine in the United States. Many famous thinkers, such as Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla, have contributed articles to it. In total, more than 200 Nobel Prize winners have written for the magazine.
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Art School Librarians Collect Bookmarks Left In Returned Books, And They Say A Lot About The Students
We live in books just like we do in homes. So naturally, when it’s time to move on and move out, some things might (accidentally) get left behind.
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Japanese Designer Creates Wrapping Paper That Makes Everything Look Like Bread
There are three patterns: a baguette, a Danish pastry, and a regular loaf of bread, each designed to fit different gifts.