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.

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.
Also, don't offer screen-time as a reward for good behavior.