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 photo showing two Alabama police officers bragging about a "homeless quilt" made from confiscated panhandling signs raises questions about the constitutionality of panhandling.
From "if-by-whiskey" to the McNamara fallacy, being able to spot logical missteps is an invaluable skill.
For the third time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives voted to impeach a sitting U.S. president.
It's a victory for homeless advocates on the West Coast, who say criminalizing homelessness is cruel and ineffective.
A growing body of research suggests that the "clinical pessimism" over treating psychopathy is unwarranted.
People who score high in "dark triad" personality traits are able to empathize. They'd just rather not.
The Jerezo crater — where Mars 2020 is set to land — could be a good place to find signs of past life on Mars.