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EPISODE · Mar 11, 2026 · 6 MIN

Teens are spending most of the school day on their phones / Why you can't remember where the remote is / Why haven't we heard from aliens?

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Teens are spending hours on their phones during the school day—and it’s raising a big question about whether schools should ban them entirely. In this episode of News Sidequest, we look at what a new study found about phone use in classrooms and ask teachers, parents, and students to weigh in.We also explore the strange reason you can remember song lyrics from 25 years ago but forget why you walked into a room.Plus: raccoons solving puzzles for fun, a treasure hunter who still won’t reveal where the gold is, cheating in a fishing tournament, and a little long-overdue justice for the Titanic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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