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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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No more secret submarines and moon bases. A new study puts to rest decades-old conspiracy theories and confirms how Adolf Hitler died.
A team of researchers at Cornell University has developed a revolutionary battery architecture that could someday increase storage capacity while cutting charge times to mere seconds.
A new paper estimates the low and high end of total electricity consumption by the Bitcoin network, but not all agree with the methodology.
Elon Musk revealed some new details about the early stages of the Boring Company’srnplans to transform the mass-transit system in Los Angeles.
CFC-11 was banned worldwide in 1987 by the Montreal Protocol, but scientists have found increasing levels of the ozone-depleting chemical in the atmosphere since 2013.
Scientists are investigating whether it’s possible to give modern elephants an ancient boost by reviving woolly mammoth DNA—all to curb climate change.
A set of new studies that used large-scale computer simulations found that life might be more common throughout other universes than previously thought.
A new report from data company Wealth-X shows that the world’s billionaires enjoyed a sharp increase both in number and wealth over the past year.
The Trump administration is quietly bringing an end to NASA's Carbon Monitoring System, which builds high-resolution maps of the world's carbon flow.
Millions will watch on Saturday as Prince Harry marries retired American actress Meghan Markle, but a new poll suggests most Brits aren't interested in the affair.
In a commencement speech at Duke University, Apple CEO Tim Cook praised the "fearlessness" of the #MeToo movement and students in Parkland, Florida.
In a paper published Monday, security experts outline two attacks that malicious parties could use to gain access to a target's entire inbox.
Steam-driven explosions at the summit of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii could pose new threats to residents on the island.
An analysis of 32 randomized control studies showed that pasta, as part of a low-glycemic diet, didn't contribute to weight gain in participants.
While observing a young star system, astronomers noticed the star had a small, mysterious companion in its orbit.
The survey asked respondents to rate their anxiety levels in five areas: safety, health, finances, relationships and politics.
The reanimation of decapitated pigs raises complex ethical questions about the future of life-extension research.
The flying drone attack marks one of the latest cases in which criminals have been using consumer models to facilitate illegal activity.
The Dead Sea Scrolls were first discovered in the West Bank in 1946, but now a specialized camera is helping researchers read bits of the manuscripts for the first time.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg just announced plans to add a dating feature to Facebook, a move that threatens established companies in the online dating industry.