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    Turns out smartphones aren't making millennials grow horns after all

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    Georgina Torbet
    Georgina Torbet
    09.19.2019

    Demonizing smartphones and millennials is a favorite past time among certain segments of the population, and earlier this year there was an excellent opportunity for both when a science journal published a dubious article claiming that using smartphones or tablets led to forward head posture which caused a bony protuberance to grow at the back of the skull. This was quickly picked up and reported as 'smartphones causing young people to grow horns'.