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.

Theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence M. Krauss spoke at CSICon 2016 about scientists' attempt to look back in time to the beginning of our universe.
Illinois passed a bill that could abolish AT&T's obligation to provide the state's citizens with landline telephone services.
The stories in Shakespeare's plays and 'Game of Thrones' are often bloody, but which are ultimately more violent?
New research on Uranus' magnetosphere could help scientists learn about distant systems, and refine the ways they search for alien life.
The popular concept of introversion often differs from how psychologists define the term, but a new model seeks to clarify exactly what being an introvert means.
Neil deGrasse Tyson is working in with video game developers to create a space exploration game called Space Odyssey.
Polymaths are people who have excelled in diverse pursuits, and several of those polymaths left us with some very practical advice on how to succeed.