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Stephen Johnson
Executive Editor, Big Think
Stephen Johnson is Executive Editor at Big Think. His writing has appeared in PBS, U.S. News & World Report, and newspapers and magazines across the Midwest. He lives in St. Louis.
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From cryonics to time travel, here are some of the (highly speculative) methods that might someday be used to bring people back to life.
People remember when governments lie to them and it lowers their satisfaction in government officials.
Welcome to the world's newest motorsport: manned multicopter races that exceed speeds of 100 mph.
"The results change the perception of who a Viking actually was," said project leader Professor Eske Willerslev.
The 'Charleston Loophole' has likely allowed thousands of guns to end up in the hands of people who would have failed a federal background check.
Stewart is supporting a new bill that aims to extend health care and disability benefits to veterans who served alongside burn pits.
Scientists have detected within the Venusian atmosphere a chemical known to be a byproduct of life.
Targeting a signaling pathway in mice helped them retain muscle and bone mass aboard the International Space Station, according to a new study.
The drive would provide enough thrust for a spacecraft to travel near the speed of light using only electricity, says physicist Jim Woodward.
It's the largest black hole merger ever observed by scientists.
This medieval-themed meme highlights a shady yet all too common rhetorical move people make in arguments.
"Our data should be ours no matter what platforms and apps we use," Yang said.
In some countries, religiosity and pro-science attitudes are actually positively correlated, according to the results of a recent study.
Otto Aviation says the hourly cost of flying the new Celera 500L is about six times cheaper than conventional aircraft.
"It's kind of like a Fitbit in your skull with tiny wires," Musk said.
Sir Ken Robinson died on August 21 of cancer at the age of 70.
The mission could launch as soon as the 2030s, the researchers said.
"You dream about these kinds of moments when you're a kid," said lead paleontologist David Schmidt.
A new study shows that anxiety has been rapidly increasing among young adults in the U.S. from 2008 to 2018.
Google's Arts & Culture app just added a suite of prehistoric animals and NASA artifacts that are viewable for free with a smartphone.