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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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The Bill Gates-backed venture promises to remove CO2 from the atmosphere at a rate of under $100 per tonne.
"Here I want to remind all of you of a fact that the U.S. publicly defines outer space as a new battlefield," a Chinese foreign minister said.
A NASA-led study suggests the stress of spaceflight seems to trigger various types of herpes to reactivate in astronauts.
The researchers call it a "competence downshift."
"I was so moved when I saw the cells stir," said 90-year-old study co-author Akira Iritani. "I'd been hoping for this for 20 years."
A recent study used MRIs to study the changes in brain activity when trained method actors responded to questions in and out of character.
The sea levels across New York are estimated to rise between 18 and 50 inches by 2100.
The coin depicts a black hole and one of the late physicist's most important formulas.
The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate wants to give every American $1,000 a month – but will that disincentivize work?
A consortium of scientists and engineers have proposed that the U.S. and Mexico build a series of guarded solar, wind, natural gas and desalination facilities along the entirety of the border.
Just because the keto diet is an effective weight-loss tool doesn't mean everyone should try it.
After docking at the International Space Station, the unmanned capsule executed a fiery and carefully choreographed return to Earth.
The quick-acting drug could usher in a new era of treatment for depression.
It's a "surprising trend," said Google's lead analyst for pay equity.
The promising news comes 12 years after the "Berlin patient" became the world's first person to be cured of the deadly virus.
A new study suggests that reframing goals can help smart people avoid choking under pressure.
Surprise, surprise: The U.S. isn't even close to the top of the list.
As Facebook and YouTube move to moderate anti-vaccination content, Amazon has given no indication that it plans to do the same.
The cost-effective method could revolutionize how we remove carbon from the atmosphere, particularly in regard to climate change.
Eating a doughnut isn't the only way you can go wrong on the keto diet.