In a pocket of spare time, you may reach for your phone to scroll social media - but how often do you end up spending more time here than you planned? You might beat yourself up for losing stretches ...

Some Gen Zers are tracking what they watch and read to break the scrolling cycle. "Instead of doomscrolling" posts are taking off on TikTok and Substack. Book and film-tracking apps are gaining ...

Rossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter. The Great Isaiah Scroll, the oldest nearly complete book from the Hebrew Bible ever found, is on display in its full ...

How many times a day do you find yourself picking up your phone and scrolling through your favorite apps without even realizing? It becomes instinctive and habitual, often distracting you from work or ...

Social media addiction has been compared to addiction to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there is some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social ...

The 120-foot long scroll was not the only record-making lot in Christie's sale of the late Jim Irsay's collection. The typescript scroll draft of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road. Photo: Christie's Images ...

Doomscrolling was ruining my life. Since the pandemic, I spent much of my free time scrolling online. And the more stressful the news was, the more addicted I got. In August 2025, I noticed I was ...

For many people, smartphones feel like a second limb, and scrolling has become second nature. Flipping through funny tweets or skimming headlines may seem harmless, but the impact depends on what ...