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 U.S. law regulating the cosmetics industry was passed in 1938, and it hasn't been significantly updated since.
The study highlights the incredible neuroplasticity of the brain.
"I share this honor with ancestors and teachers who inspired in me a love of poetry," the 68-year-old poet said.
Normally, the landscape in this photo would be a white ice sheet.
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