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 study explains how a chaotic region just outside a black hole's event horizon might provide a virtually endless supply of energy.
Dr. Eric Lander is a pioneer in genomics. What role will he play in the new administration?
Can biomaterials help finally thrust perovskite solar cells to mainstream adoption?
How would the ability to genetically customize children change society? Sci-fi author Eugene Clark explores the future on our horizon in Volume I of the "Genetic Pressure" series.
Northwell Health is using insights from website traffic to forecast COVID-19 hospitalizations two weeks in the future.
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Valles Marineris on Mars is 10 times longer and three times deeper than Earth's Grand Canyon.
The federal government and private insurers greatly increased Americans' telehealth access during the pandemic. Will these changes be permanent?
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