Stephen Johnson
Managing Editor, Big Think
Stephen Johnson is the Managing Editor of Big Think. Formerly a long-time contributor to Big Think, he is a St. Louis-based writer and editor whose work has been featured in U.S. News & World Report, PBS Digital Studios, Eleven Magazine, and The Missourian.
Is former Vice President Joe Biden’s “return to normalcy” approach too moderate for Democratic voters?
It will be available in select Canadian locations starting Sept. 30.
The new feature uses Amazon’s neural text-to-speech technology, which allows it to produce phrases that weren’t priorly recorded.
Musk also said that “anonymous bot swarms” should be investigated.
Octopuses are known to rapidly change colors during sleep, but it’s still unclear whether they dream like humans do.
A new study shows that nearly 40 percent of Americans report being stressed out by U.S. politics.
For Black Hole Week, NASA released a mesmerizing animation of what a black hole probably looks like.
Bio-plastics could prove to be a suitable alternative to single-use plastics.
A new study shows two potential benefits of undergoing a painful ritual.
But few critics actually addressed the science on climate change.
The robotics company is allowing select companies to lease the semi-autonomous robot.
Norway plans to pay Gabon $150 million to protect its vast network of rainforests.
Such a battery would make it far cheaper to implement robotaxis and long-haul electric trucks, both of which Tesla is developing.
The week-long global protest, which is calling for an end to the age of fossil fuels, is taking place in more than 160 countries today.
Can Impossible Foods beat other brands — like Beyond Meat and Tyson — in the war to dominate the alternative meat industry?
The move comes one day before more than 1,500 Amazon employees are set to walk off the job as part of the global climate strikes.
Some critics say the move is designed to shield those who profited from the dangerous drug.
Employees from Amazon and Microsoft plan to join the global protest, too.
Two recent polls underscore Americans’ shifting attitudes on climate change.
The fast-food company recently agreed to acquire a tech company whose “speech-to-meaning” technology might soon be interpreting customers’ orders.
“People are not commodities!” said Assemblyman Rob Bonta.
“We need to get our priorities straight,” Warren said.
Scientists still don’t fully understand how abstaining from animal products affects the body.
“We can’t allow people to get sick,” President Donald Trump said from the Oval Office.
Scientists say it might even rain on the exoplanet, dubbed K2-18b.
Is it time media outlets stop publishing the names and photographs of mass shooters?
A new study contradicts some popular wisdom that says sharing your goals is always a bad idea.
One Juul representative told high-school students that Juul products were “99% safer than cigarettes,” according to congressional testimony.
Politically incorrect speakers seem less calculated and more “real,” according to the authors of a new Berkeley study.
The study is among the first to explore the relationship between emotional abilities, political ideologies, and prejudice.