
Alice Gibbs
Senior Internet Trends & Culture Reporter at Newsweek
Alice Gibbs is a Newsweek Internet Trends & Culture Reporter based in the U.K. Her focus is reporting on viral trends and internet news. She has covered TikTok, Twitter and other online trends extensively. Alice joined Newsweek in 2022 and previously wrote for The Observer, Independent, Dazed Digital and Gizmodo.
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Publications
- Newsweek116 articles
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- Map Shows the Least Educated Cities in America3 Jul—NewsweekA city in the agricultural heart of California has been named the place with the least educated people in the U.S., according to recent survey results from WalletHub. Personal finance website WalletHub, compared the 150 most populated U.S. metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) across 11 education-related metrics to rank cities from those with the most educated people to the least. Thrift store says mystery item is free—only if you can identify what it is Read more Thrift store says mystery...
- Gen Zer Does Viral TikTok Trend—Then Spots Something He Wasn't Meant to See24 Jun—NewsweekA teenager has shared how he noticed the first symptom that led to his cancer diagnosis—by watching his own videos back. Felipe, 19, from Georgia, had recently moved to college in Oregon when he decided to take part in a viral health craze on TikTok. The Coconut Cult trend involves people documenting their daily intake of probiotic yogurt on TikTok and Instagram. But what he noticed watching back his videos wasn't digestive benefits—it was a lump forming in his neck. "I took the daily videos...
- 10 Hours Into Flight, Millennial's Heart Stops13 Jun—NewsweekWhat started as a carefree girls' trip was nearly fatal for 34-year-old Emily Jansson, a Canadian woman who suffered a massive pulmonary embolism midair during a long-haul flight. "On February 5 of this year, during a solo long-haul direct flight from Toronto to Dubai, on the way to meet my friends for a girls' trip, I suffered a 'catastrophic medical event,' according to my cardiologist," Jansson told Newsweek. "About 10.5 hours into the flight, I was feeling totally fine and I finally got...
- Gen Zer Cheered for Refusing Bride's One Demand on Wedding Day—'You're Out'13 May—NewsweekA viral post on Reddit's popular r/AmITheA****** subreddit has sparked a wave of support after a 23-year-old woman was removed from her brother's wedding party for refusing to wear a wig. User IncidentCorrect3352 began her post with a simple statement: "I (23F) have decided not to wear a wig in my brother's wedding." What followed was a detailed account of how the bride's demands left her removed from her brother's upcoming wedding. The conflict began when the bride handed out "experience...
- Psychopathy and Other Dark Traits Show in People's Faces28 May—NewsweekCan you tell if someone is a narcissist—or even a psychopath—just by looking at their face? According to a new study, the answer is yes. Researchers from Yasar, Baskent, and Kadir Has Universities in Turkey conducted three studies involving 880 participants from the United States and Turkey. They found that people were able to accurately infer all three components of the so-called "dark triad"—psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism—based solely on looking at facial images of...