Big Thinkflipped into Universe & Astrophysics12 hours agoStarts With A Bang podcast #83: The longest gravitational wavesbigthink.com - Ethan SiegelLIGO can detect the inspirals and mergers of the lowest-mass black holes, but not the biggest ones. Here's how pulsars can help. Since the advanced …
Big Thinkflipped into History, Archaeology, & Human Evolution16 hours agoWhy did people start eating Egyptian mummies?bigthink.com - Marcus HarmesWhy did people think cannibalism was good for their health? The answer offers a glimpse into the zaniest crannies of European history, at a time when …
Big Thinkflipped into History, Archaeology, & Human Evolution13 hours agoLaser scans reveal ancient cities hidden in the Amazon river basinbigthink.com - Tim BrinkhofResearchers have long assumed that the Amazon river basin, which includes the modern-day countries of Peru, Colombia and Bolivia, did not become …
Big Thinkflipped into Problem Solving & Sustainability 9 hours agoSpanish airline Air Nostrum orders a fleet of airshipsbigthink.com - B. David ZarleySpanish airline Air Nostrum is taking a page from aviation’s past to push for a less carbon-intensive future: airships. The regional airline, one of …
Big Thinkflipped into Health, Medicine, & Biotech1 day agoSepsis still kills 1 in 5 people worldwidebigthink.com - Emily Brant and Kristina E. RuddCan an otherwise healthy young woman die from what starts out as something akin to a common cold? The answer is, shockingly, yes, when certain …
Big Thinkflipped into Problem Solving & Sustainability 2 days agoPlants aren't good at photosynthesis. We can do it betterbigthink.com - Raffael JovinePhotosynthesis is powerful but very inefficient. Humans can improve on this biochemical process to help the planet. Can we improve photosynthesis? The …
