Paul Ratner
Contributing Writer
Paul is a writer, filmmaker, and educator. He has written for years for Big Think and other outlets on transformative scientific research, history, and current events. His award-winning films like the true-life adventure "Moses on the Mesa" and the science documentary "The Caveman of Atomic City" have played at film festivals around the world. Paul also organizes numerous unique educational events, renowned film festivals, and competitions for thousands of people. He has degrees from Cornell University (BA) and Chapman University (MFA). You can follow Paul's work at paulratnerimagines.com, on Instagram, and Facebook.
Researchers discover a link between nonverbal synchronization and relationship success.
The incredible story of a scientist who survived gulags, fighting to change his country and physics.
Famously unusual case studies that perplexed psychologists.
Future or extraterrestrial civilizations could create megastructures the size of a solar system.
American geneticists take a stand against the misuse of their science by racists.
The researchers created a special polymer that can make robots repair themselves.
A mind-bending paradox questions the nature of reality.
A new report warns about the increasing likelihood of international conflicts over water.
NASA research finds a new direction in searching for signs of life in the Universe.
A buzzworthy study looks at the strange actions of bees.
The legendary DARPA tests technology that lets soldiers control drones with their minds.
A well-known cosmologist comes out with very stark warnings about particle accelerators.
A new study finds why shame is important for human societies.
A new study shows how interbreeding of modern humans and Neanderthals boosted our genomes.
A new study finds that naps bring cognitive benefits.
A new study compared cognitive boosts from running versus relaxing.
Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why Trump’s Space Force is “not a crazy idea”.
The five stages of psychogenic death — aka, “give-up-itis.”
Researchers discover extraterrestrial origins of a chemical essential for human DNA and other cell processes.
A new study shows how reciprocal generosity can benefit you.
A classic experiment gets an update that contradicts key assumptions of quantum mechanics.
Research calls into question the separation of church and state in the United States.
Blame our ancestors for why it’s easier to be a couch potato.
The contestants would try to reach the end of the world, as they understand it.
The exploding popularity of the keto diet puts a less used veggie into the spotlight.
Our experience of time may be blinding us to its true nature, say scientists.
Recent books that are sure to add to your intelligence.
Through computationally intensive computer simulations, researchers have discovered that “nuclear pasta,” found in the crusts of neutron stars, is the strongest material in the universe.
How a cataclysm worse than what killed the dinosaurs destroyed 90 percent of all life on Earth.
Ranking the world’s most corrupt nations for 2018.