Kristin Houser

Kristin Houser

Kristin Houser is the Managing Editor of Big Think. Her articles on science and technology have been featured in NBC News, RealClearDefense, and the World Economic Forum’s Agenda, among other publications, and Stephen Colbert once talked about a piece on “The Late Show,” to her delight.

Kristin is currently based in Pittsburgh, and prior to joining Big Think, she was a staff writer for Futurism, launched an LA-based music blog, and wrote several animated and live action web series.

Two individuals are holding and inspecting a large white balloon outdoors, with a silhouette of trees visible in the background at dusk.
Make Sunsets is bringing solar geoengineering from sci-fi to reality.
Aerial view of a car parking with proximity sensors activated, showing red and green signals indicating object detection around the vehicle.
Why the road to self-driving vehicles is paved with smarter “dumb” cars.
A close-up of gloved hands handling a cryogenic storage device with straw container tubes inside, emitting visible vapor.
How technology could change everything we thought we knew about reproduction.
View of Earth from a spacecraft window with "T-MINUS" displayed in bold text overlaying the image.
These startups, space agencies, and aerospace giants are building humanity's next off-world homes.
A close-up view of a computer graphics card featuring an array of components, including capacitors, resistors, and a central processing chip, all mounted on a black circuit board.
Just eight of Etched’s Sohu chips could replace 160 Nvidia GPUs.
A wide shot of a man walking down an aisle between tall stacks of server racks in a data center filled with computer hardware.
We need more data centers for AI. Developers are getting creative about where to build them.