Stephen Johnson

Stephen Johnson

Executive Editor, Big Think

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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.

The move reflects a broader nationwide effort to lower prices of the life-saving drug.
The bill would effectively legalize marijuana at the federal level, while allowing states to draft their own laws.
A new paper suggests that the mysterious X17 subatomic particle is indicative of a fifth force of nature.
Entomologist William Romoser of Ohio University says NASA images depict insect- and reptile-like creatures on Mars.
The campaign promise could only become law if the Labour Party wins the general election in December.
A new survey highlights the side effects of using Google to self-diagnose.
The vaccine is 97.5% effective in protecting against the Zaire species of Ebola, according to the World Health Organization.
Venice's mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, said the city was "on its knees."
Dinosaurs never left Earth, but they still traveled millions of miles through the Milky Way galaxy.
Should other nations start requiring schools to teach climate science, too?
Can neural networks help scientists discover laws about more complex phenomena, like quantum mechanics?
A new paper claims that scientists might be wildly mistaken about the density — and therefore, the shape — of our universe.
Focusing on the present moment has some strange effects on how people estimate stretches of time.
Scientists recently discovered a black hole that's smaller than previously thought possible.
The German island of Riems is home to some of the most dangerous virology research on the planet.
Misinformation in political ads bring "significant ramifications that today's democratic infrastructure may not be prepared to handle," Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said.
Ads from political figures are exempt from fact-checking, according to Facebook's recently updated policies.