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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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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.
The term “hodl” originated in a drunken post about Bitcoin from 2013, but it’s evolved into a movement in the cryptocurrency community.
It’s the first time the U.S. has fallen off the top 10 list since Bloomberg began its index.
The U.S. government has shut down 18 times in the past four decades, but this most recent instance has proven unique.
Scientists can now virtually reconstruction certain long-dead individuals, without the need for DNA samples from physical remains.
A new law in Germany seeks to close the gender pay gap, but it could ultimately prove counterproductive.