The Latest from Big Think

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There's a link between American marijuana use and violent crime south of the U.S. and Mexico border... and even a link with avocados. 
Participants receiving brain stimulation were more likely to solve difficult problems creatively.   
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Everything is cheap and nobody has jobs. Welcome to the future. President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas fills us in on how we got here.
Gravitational waves and electromagnetic ones don’t need to go together. But physics says it’s possible; what do the observations say? “The black holes collide in complete darkness. None of the […]
Memory illusions may be making us overconfident about our memory recall. 
Groundbreaking research finds that the human brain creates multi-dimensional neural structures.
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Cornel West talks about everyday poets, being the best of the human species, hope, what wokeness really means, and revolution.
Over 1,100 teens in Australia exhibited low self-esteem and aggressive behavior linked to late-night phone and social media usage. 
Staring into another person’s eyes for 4 minutes increases intimacy. Now we know which genes might play a role.   
A new study suggests implanted pig cells may alleviate symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
Education executive Jeff Livingston  makes the case that our old higher-educational model is obsolete for our current reality.
What made the Golden Age of Greece, and Western Civilization, possible? One author says "free trade". 
What we think of as our average region of the Universe might not be average at all. “No matter what technique you use, you should get the same value for the […]
This theory may square differing calculations in the universe’s expansion rate.   
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The best career advice that you are not getting? Financial feminist and Wall Street powerhouse Sallie Krawcheck delivers.
The World Science Festival just wrapped earlier this month. Here's 4 top World Science Festival sessions that ORBITER recommends.
Some say it’s more than all of humanity emits in a year. But people say a lot of things. What does the science say? “One volcano puts out more toxic gases — one […]
How can we make the internet a better place for kids? Google has just released a free program called Be Internet Awesome to educate kids on phishing, passwords, media literacy, and being kind online. Will it help?
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The clash of tectonic plates beneath us is just part of life on Earth—unless, of course, there is human interference like in the American Midwest.
Mathematicians are working to combat partisan gerrymandering.