We’ve filled every quiet moment, but boredom once had a purpose. What happens when it disappears—and what might we lose along with it?

Boredom is prone to myth-making — much like the story of Phineas Gage. This matters. If we believe certain myths about ...

At any hour of the day or night, we can be entertained. Simply pick up your phone and there is endless content to consume, videos to watch, articles to read, apps to download, wormholes to discover.

Though neuroscience suggests that boredom can be good for us, we all try to avoid it. Even the most exciting jobs in the world—astronaut, nuclear engineer, helicopter pilot, virus hunter—can be filled ...

Millennial parents of today’s generation of kids grew up in a unique, budding world of technology, which also coexisted during a time of pure, organically created boredom. It was a time when weekend ...

Experts say the sustenance parallel is apt: Boredom functions like pain or thirst, signaling us that something needs to change. But the theory that boredom spawns creativity turns out to have “pretty ...

If you’re looking for some websites to bust your boredom you’ve come to the right place. Here we give you two websites that ...

We have all experienced boredom—that feeling of waning interest or decreased mental stimulation. Eventually we lose focus, we disengage. Time seems to pass slowly, and we may even start to feel ...

Despite having unlimited information at our fingertips, boredom is on the rise. Our solution? Just throw on some Auburn ...