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.
A new study looks at how images of coffee’s origins affect the perception of its premiumness and quality.
New studies find the interstellar comet 2I/Borisov is the most “pristine” ever discovered.
Researchers propose a new method that could definitively prove the existence of dark matter.
Biologists use commonly-found insects that engage in cannibalism to prove a key evolutionary concept.
Results from an experiment using the Large Hadron Collider challenges the accepted model of physics.
A 50-year study reveals changing values children learned from pop culture.
Some scientists believe the lightning-produced frequencies may be connected to our brain waves, meditation, and hypnosis.
The controversy over the universe’s expansion rate continues with a new, faster estimate.
555-million-year-old oceanic creatures share genes with today’s humans, finds a new study.
A reversal in Earth’s magnetic field 42,000 years ago triggered climate catastrophes and mass extinctions. Can the field flip again?
Research reveals a new evolutionary feature that separates humans from other primates.
A physicist creates an AI algorithm that predicts natural events and may prove the simulation hypothesis.
Scientists use high resolution microscopy and computer simulations to create first ever video of DNA movements.
Researchers analyze prehistoric viruses in animals dug out from the Siberian permafrost.
A unique star system where exoplanets orbit their star backwards located by researchers.
A study of europium crystals shows the planet was mostly flat during its middle ages.
A new study found the possible reason why some dwarf galaxies appear to not have dark matter.
Robot developers adapt the behavior of worm “blobs”.
Inventions with revolutionary potential made by a mysterious aerospace engineer for the U.S. Navy come to light.
Researchers discover strange behavior in magnetars, ultra-powerful magnetic stars.
A new study analyzed Martian glaciers to discover that the planet had numerous ice ages.
Researchers discover black holes that violate the uniqueness theorem and have “gravitational hair.”
Let noted cognitive psychologist and linguist Steven Pinker introduce you to psychology.
Inequality in wealth, gender, and race grew to unprecedented levels across the world, according to OxFam report.
Researchers devise a record-breaking laser transmission that avoids atmospheric interference.
A unique exoplanet without clouds or haze was found by astrophysicists from Harvard and Smithsonian.
Scientists discover burrows of giant predator worms that lived on the seafloor 20 million years ago.
Psychologists point to specific reasons that make it hard for us to admit our wrongdoing.
Scientists regenerate damaged spinal cord nerve fibers with designer protein, helping paralyzed mice walk again.
Scientists use new methods to discover what’s inside drug containers used by ancient Mayan people.