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.

On Wednesday, Chicago was colder than parts of Antarctica by 10 degrees Fahrenheit.
The person whose phone was affected would have been given no indication that others were eavesdropping.
Conspiracies do happen. So, how do you know which theories might be worth investigating?
"It is unthinkable in this day and time that the law requires a sex-change operation to change gender."
Can changing diet actually reverse the growth of cancer in the body?
Daniel Bryan is a "heel" who might sincerely believe in some of the things his persona is known to say.