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.

The Earth Return Orbiter is part of a long-term mission to search for ancient alien life on Mars.
A new study explores how wearing a face mask affects the error rates of popular facial recognition algorithms.
A new report from The New York Times describes a Pentagon task force's long-standing project to collect data on unidentified aerial phenomena and a Pentagon consultant who says the U.S. has collected crashed "off-world vehicles."
Proteus could someday be used to create extremely strong and lightweight armor and locks.
These alien-like creatures are virtually invisible in the deep sea.