Horns are growing on young people’s skulls. Phone use is to blame, research suggests.

Washington Post ^ | June 20, 2019 | Isaac Stanley-Becker

[EdnaMode]

Mobile technology has transformed the way we live — how we read, work, communicate, shop and date.

But we already know this.

What we have not yet grasped is the way the tiny machines in front of us are remolding our skeletons, possibly altering not just the behaviors we exhibit but the bodies we inhabit.

New research in biomechanics suggests that young people are developing hornlike spikes at the back of their skulls — bone spurs caused by the forward tilt of the head, which shifts weight from the spine to the muscles at the back of the head, causing bone growth in the connecting tendons and ligaments. The weight transfer that causes the buildup can be compared to the way the skin thickens into a callus as a response to pressure or abrasion.

The result is a hook or hornlike feature jutting out from the skull, just above the neck.

In academic papers, a pair of researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, argues that the prevalence of the bone growth in younger adults points to shifting body posture brought about by the use of modern technology. They say smartphones and other handheld devices are contorting the human form, requiring users to bend their heads forward to make sense of what’s happening on the miniature screens.

The researchers said their discovery marks the first documentation of a physiological or skeletal adaptation to the penetration of advanced technology into everyday life.

Health experts warn of “text neck,” and doctors have begun treating “texting thumb,” which is not a clearly defined condition but bears resemblance to carpal tunnel syndrome. But prior research has not linked phone use to bone-deep changes in the body.

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Not only is this stupid, none of those pictures are young people and there were no portable electronic devices when they were young

Brilliant observation! You are obviously highly intelligent!

[kempster]

Maybe they should start looking at what is causing bestiality. Stay away from the goats.

[semaj]

“Not only is this stupid, none of those pictures are young people and there were no portable electronic devices when they were young.” Not if those people are time travelers from the future. They came back to the past to warn us. 😁

[EdnaMode]

Horn porn?

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“Not only is this stupid, none of those pictures are young people and there were no portable electronic devices when they were young.”--pghbjugop

Not if those people are time travelers from the future. They came back to the past to warn us.

Or they grew them over the course of the time since cell phones came out (40-45 years?).

Anyway, they are CLEARLY the type of people who would have been constantly on a cell phone. Lol!

[House Atreides]

Doctor Pimple Popper would make short work of those growths. ;-)

[mylife]

Sucks to be Chinese.

[digger48]

But the one of Bernie this week is airbrushed and glowing

[bgill]

[mikeus_maximus]

Yeah, I had horns when I was young. That’s why I got married.

[minnesota_bound]

Ya Got Trouble, cell phones are the Devil’s tools.

Friend, either you’re closing your eyes
To a situation you do not wish to acknowledge
Or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated
By the presence of cell phones in your community

[karnage]

The Devil uses any tool he thinks will ensnare souls.

[Pollard]

are you
on some
kind of
small
device
?