/oss/taxonomy/term/3954/all en /oss/article/technology-pseudoscience/moral-panic-over-smartphones-takes-satanic-overtones <p>It began life as “prominent exostosis” and, at the peak of media coverage, British tabloid <i>The Sun </i>was scaring us with <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9341200/millennials-horns-skulls-smartphones/">“HELL PHONES”</a> and many people got the impression that our children were growing actual devil horns because of their smartphone use. It turns out that researchers were initially referring to tiny bone protrusions at the base of our skull.</p> Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:16:45 +0000 Jonathan Jarry, MSc 7812 at /oss