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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 person whose phone was affected would have been given no indication that others were eavesdropping.
Conspiracies do happen. So, how do you know which theories might be worth investigating?
"It is unthinkable in this day and time that the law requires a sex-change operation to change gender."
Can changing diet actually reverse the growth of cancer in the body?
Officials have reported 25 confirmed cases so far.
Daniel Bryan is a "heel" who might sincerely believe in some of the things his persona is known to say.
"Slight," applied to large populations, could still mean thousands of more boys.
A new study shows promise for epigenetic treatments for humans suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
A new study shows how machine-learning methods could examine your friends' past tweets to accurately predict your future behavior online.
In his final years, Martin Luther King, Jr. become increasingly focused on the problem of poverty in America.
It's one factor that can help explain the religiosity gap.
It could put the American fossil fuel industry on a clear path to extinction.
A growing body of research shows promising signs that the keto diet might be able to improve mental health.
A new study explores how certain personality traits affect individuals' attitudes on obesity in others.
And you thought red-light cameras were bad...
New research on the public's opinion about genetically modified foods illustrates an alarming cognitive bias.
China's Chang'e 4 biosphere experiment marks a first for humankind.
It marks a first for the U.S., where some 49,000 people died from opioids in 2018.
The report also predicts India's economy will surpass the U.S. by 2030.
Is Tesla a car manufacturer or an energy company?