The Latest from Big Think

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The deep-thinking oddballs of West Coast cycle racing valued mid-ride marijuana over sports science.
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The average age of cannabis users is increasing. Weed may fall out of fashion before it becomes legal everywhere.
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Nobody knows where the word "penguin" comes from.
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Stone buildings in northern India reveal secrets of old structures that could save lives.
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To protect yourself, you need an antifungal rather than an amulet.
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Piano Sonata No. 23 offers a window into the way culture became an instrument of Soviet state policy.
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The conservation of energy is one of the most fundamental laws governing our reality. But in the expanding Universe, that's just not true.
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Wind farms seem less productive when scientists incorporate more realistic atmospheric models into their output predictions.
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It's not about fairness. It's about using every possible advantage.
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These high-mass, rapidly star-forming galaxies have called modern cosmology into question. But hi-res simulations show no tension at all.
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Neuroscientists hope to learn more in the hope of finding a way to reverse dementia.
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Far from being a “dead” pursuit that focuses on old ideas, modern philosophy proposes and debates important, new concepts. All of us can learn from it.
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Left-handed humans were likelier to get stabbed in the heart.
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Laser-guided lightning isn't the only manmade way to create lightning.
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How humans came to feel comfortable among strangers, like those in a café, is an under-explored mystery.
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Here’s what Europe would have looked like if the Confederation of the Danube had been established after WWII.
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How one man's divine dream became a poultry-shaped reality.
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One from New Guinea rose to the top in a recent study.