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Long-Term Marijuana Use Could Have Zero Effect on IQ
Last summer, a study found that long-term cannabis use reduced cognitive skills. A new study seems to say the opposite
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The Jetsons and the Future of the Middle Class
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The Murky History of Foosball
How did the tabletop game get from parlor halls in 19th-century Europe to the basements of American homes?
January 04, 2013
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Is America a Nation of Soul Food Junkies?
Filmmaker Bryan Hurt explores what makes soul food so personal, starting with his own father's health struggle, in a PBS film premiering tonight
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Communication Towers Are Death Traps for Threatened Bird Species
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Ever since they became a part of the city’s transit system, they have been iconic mainstays of its cityscape
January 04, 2013
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Scorchingly Hot 2012 Riddled With Extreme Weather
Drought, heatwaves, cyclones--even a tornado in Hawaii--mark last year as one filled with record-breaking severe weather
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Innovations Blog
How Smart Should TVs Be?
Every January, at the Consumer Electronics Show, companies make a point of showing us how much smarter TVs have become, with the hope that they'll once again become our favorite screen.
January 11, 2013
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Video: Tiny Artificial Muscles Dance Like Mexican Jumping Beans
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January 10, 2013
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A 24-Hour Movie That May Be the Biggest (and Best) Supercut Ever
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Paleofuture Blog
The Gadgets of the Future From the Electrical Shows of Yesterday
Decades before the debut of the Consumer Electronics Show, early adopters flocked to extravagant high-tech fairs in New York and Chicago
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Off the Road Blog
No Place Compares to the Unrelenting Lifelessness of Peru’s Sechura Desert
From the lush, tropical mountains, we descended into a landscape of flailing-armed cacti, spiny succulents like giant artichokes and sand dunes as high as mountains
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Are Babies Born Good?
New research offers surprising answers to the age-old question of where morality comes from
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