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Astronauts Will Soon Be Able To Phub Each Other In Space. Even From Beyond The Orbit Of The Moon.Astronaut Mike Hopkins taking a selfie during a space walk.

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Astronauts Will Soon Be Able To Phub Each Other In Space. Even From Beyond The Orbit Of The Moon.Astronaut Mike Hopkins taking a selfie during a space walk.
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Astronauts Will Soon Be Able To Phub Each Other In Space. Even From Beyond The Orbit Of The Moon.

clock-iconFebruary 9, 2026
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Bathroom Scrollers Beware! Phone Use On The Toilet Could Up Your Risk Of Hemorrhoids By 46 Percentaerial view of woman using smartphone while on the toilet; only her legs are visible, and there is a roll of toilet paper on the floor on the right of the image

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Bathroom Scrollers Beware! Phone Use On The Toilet Could Up Your Risk Of Hemorrhoids By 46 Percentaerial view of woman using smartphone while on the toilet; only her legs are visible, and there is a roll of toilet paper on the floor on the right of the image
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Bathroom Scrollers Beware! Phone Use On The Toilet Could Up Your Risk Of Hemorrhoids By 46 Percent

clock-iconSeptember 3, 2025

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Why You Really Need To Stop Doomscrolling On Your Phone In BedWoman on a smartphone in bed in the dark, screen lighting up her face

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Why You Really Need To Stop Doomscrolling On Your Phone In BedWoman on a smartphone in bed in the dark, screen lighting up her face
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Why You Really Need To Stop Doomscrolling On Your Phone In Bed

clock-iconFebruary 7, 2025
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"Airplane Mode" Is No-More In EU, So Why Are Phone Calls Still Banned On US Flights?Side view of young businessman using smartphone at airplane

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"Airplane Mode" Is No-More In EU, So Why Are Phone Calls Still Banned On US Flights?Side view of young businessman using smartphone at airplane
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"Airplane Mode" Is No-More In EU, So Why Are Phone Calls Still Banned On US Flights?

clock-iconJanuary 17, 2025
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Married People May Be Less Likely To Go Around Phubbing, SurprisinglyShot of a young woman using a cellphone in bed after an argument with her husband.

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Married People May Be Less Likely To Go Around Phubbing, SurprisinglyShot of a young woman using a cellphone in bed after an argument with her husband.
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Married People May Be Less Likely To Go Around Phubbing, Surprisingly

clock-iconFebruary 23, 2024
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Apple Finally Weighs In On The "Should You Put Your iPhone In Rice" DebateAn iPhone in rice.

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Apple Finally Weighs In On The "Should You Put Your iPhone In Rice" DebateAn iPhone in rice.
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Apple Finally Weighs In On The "Should You Put Your iPhone In Rice" Debate

clock-iconFebruary 20, 2024
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Smartphones Linked To "Spermageddon" In New Research: What To KnowMicroscopic image of ram's semen.

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Smartphones Linked To "Spermageddon" In New Research: What To KnowMicroscopic image of ram's semen.
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Smartphones Linked To "Spermageddon" In New Research: What To Know

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Nomophobia Is On The Increase – Do You Have It?mobile phone lying on park bench with autumn leaves, can see legs of person wearing yellow raincoat walking away in the background

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Nomophobia Is On The Increase – Do You Have It?mobile phone lying on park bench with autumn leaves, can see legs of person wearing yellow raincoat walking away in the background
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Nomophobia Is On The Increase – Do You Have It?

clock-iconOctober 16, 2023
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Now That Everyone’s Heard About Phubbing, It’s Time To Put It To Bedfive people with their backs against a wall looking at their phones

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Now That Everyone’s Heard About Phubbing, It’s Time To Put It To Bedfive people with their backs against a wall looking at their phones
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Now That Everyone’s Heard About Phubbing, It’s Time To Put It To Bed

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TikTok To Limit Teens' Screen Time To 60 Minutes Daily, But It Can Be Stoppedtiktok

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TikTok To Limit Teens' Screen Time To 60 Minutes Daily, But It Can Be Stoppedtiktok
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TikTok To Limit Teens' Screen Time To 60 Minutes Daily, But It Can Be Stopped

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The Science Of Phubbing Behaviorsman and woman sitting across a table looking at their phones

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The Science Of Phubbing Behaviorsman and woman sitting across a table looking at their phones
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The Science Of Phubbing Behaviors

clock-iconFebruary 23, 2023
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"Phubbing" Is Associated With Lower Social Intelligence – But There's Good NewsA group of students all phubbing each other hard

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"Phubbing" Is Associated With Lower Social Intelligence – But There's Good NewsA group of students all phubbing each other hard
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"Phubbing" Is Associated With Lower Social Intelligence – But There's Good News

clock-iconFebruary 20, 2023
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"Phubbing" Your Partner May Be Making Them Less Happy With Your RelationshipA man ignoring his date in favor of his smartphone. His date, a woman, looks annoyed and bored.

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"Phubbing" Your Partner May Be Making Them Less Happy With Your RelationshipA man ignoring his date in favor of his smartphone. His date, a woman, looks annoyed and bored.
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"Phubbing" Your Partner May Be Making Them Less Happy With Your Relationship

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Is Your Phone Heavier When It's Full Of Data? We've Done The MathA set of bathroom scales on a yellow background

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Is Your Phone Heavier When It's Full Of Data? We've Done The MathA set of bathroom scales on a yellow background
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Is Your Phone Heavier When It's Full Of Data? We've Done The Math

clock-iconFebruary 8, 2023
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You'll Soon Be Able To Run Holograms On Your Smartphoneholographic projection of a city coming out of a smartphone

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You'll Soon Be Able To Run Holograms On Your Smartphoneholographic projection of a city coming out of a smartphone
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You'll Soon Be Able To Run Holograms On Your Smartphone

clock-iconDecember 29, 2022
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