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.
The pressure of getting into a top-tier college seems to have influenced the ways teenagers sort themselves into cliques.
“The best is the child in a separate room, where it then remains alone,” a bestselling Nazi-era parenting book advised.
A new study has identified specific genes that seem to play an integral part in characterizing the behavior of dog breeds.
The study suggest implicit biases can change significantly over a relatively short timeframe.
It’s the first time humans have landed a spacecraft on the far side of the moon.
The first steps toward developing tools that could help disabled people regain the power to speak.
On Tuesday, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew by the space rock, located some 4 billion miles away from Earth.
The study shows when the ‘Napoleon complex’ is most likely to emerge.
When Cresswell returned to teaching after a five-year break, she noticed a marked difference in the ways undergraduates approached learning in the classroom.
The Tesla CEO said the Hardware 3 upgrade has “1000 percent more capability” than the current hardware.
Some of them were surprisingly astute.
The country’s paperless system serves as a model to other nations.
Researchers have changed their tune on how the disorders develop.
Even when they suffer costs in doing so.
The social media company has long been expected to make a move into blockchain.
A new genetically-modified pothos ivy plant is exceptionally skilled at removing dangerous pollutants, such as benzene and chloroform, from the surrounding air.
A new report shows how legalizing marijuana nationally would likely be much more effective at curbing drug smuggling than building a border wall.
A new study provides strong evidence that chronic fatigue syndrome is linked to abnormal reactions in the immune system.
An exhaustive report from The New York Times shows the alarming extents to which Facebook has been sharing user data.
It’s safe to say not everyone was immediately impressed.
Alternative treatments are often better for noncancer pain, the study found.
“This is a great example of a forest restoration plan which is both good for the people and good for nature,” one researcher said.
The findings of the controversial study flew in the face of past research on ice gains in Antarctica.
“We must end the needless and unjust convictions and the debilitating criminal stigma and let’s legalize the adult use of recreational use of marijuana once and for all,” the governor said.
A new study from Nvidia researchers show just how far artificial image-generation technology has come in recent years.
The discovery could potentially bush pack the evolution of feathers on vertebrates by 70 million years.
The findings are based on a phenomenon known as the “Mighty Girl Effect.”
The billionaire entrepreneur predicts the rise of technology will soon force society to rethink the modern work week.
It was captured by the Parker Solar Probe, which is currently studying the star.
The Geminid meteor shower grows more intense with every year, and it’s expected to be particularly bright in 2018.