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.

A new technology hopes to provide customers with "human surrogates" who strap screens to their faces so they can interact with the world on customers' behalf. 
Hasbro is releasing a Cheaters Edition Monopoly that encourages players to get ahead in any way they can.
In a landmark study for the tissue engineering community, scientists have successfully grown and reconstructed new ears for children born with a birth defect.
The three behemoth companies are teaming up to disrupt the U.S. health care industry, a move that spooked the markets on the morning of the announcement.
While millions catch a glimpse of a rare lunar event, NASA plans to shut down an orbiter whose purpose is to study the moon.
President Donald Trump veered away from his typical protectionist rhetoric at the World Economic Forum in his remarks on the benefits of global cooperation.
French president Emmanuel Macron recently announced plans to close all of the country's coal-fired power plants two years ahead of schedule.