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.

Have you ever noticed how almost all robots are racialized as white?
Fionn Ferreira will receive $50,000 for winning Google's annual student competition.
The ultimate goal is to grow organs inside animals that could be transplanted into humans.
It's part of the nation's massive reforestation campaign that aims to plant 4 billion trees in 2019.
In March, Kentucky passed a law requiring all public schools to display the national motto.
It can supposedly cool you down by 23 degrees Fahrenheit.