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.
Looking for new ways to teach the intellectual capital of humanity to its students, Glasgow University is offering a philosophy course based on the character of Homer Simpson.
Stephen Hawking considers the future of humanity in a talk at Oxford University.
Fitness experts are praising the benefits of crawling.
Much news on the Internet is very similar to the dangerous “yellow journalism” of history.
Under President Trump, the state-level requirements mandating credit from utility companies for excess power sent back to the grid should survive.
A study by University of Toronto psychologists reveals how to have a happy sex life in a long-term relationship.
When he becomes President in January, Donald Trump will likely have another lawsuit on his hands. This time, from a group of 21 American children.
The history and reasoning behind the much-maligned Electoral College.
Through a series of election-related email dumps, WikiLeaks played a major role in the U.S. elections.
A long-lost interview with the BBC host Ruby Wax shows Donald Trump appear to intimidate her.
History’s most powerful female leaders, ranked.
When you see a stranger in some kind of hardship, how do you react? Researchers carried out a rare study in a real-life setting to assess the relationship between empathy and altruism.
Physicists discover strikingly similar structures in human cells and neutron stars.
Geneticists make a surprising find in the DNA of Melanesians.
New research by Australian scientists shows what exercise can make some people more intelligent and prevent dementia.
The most impactful technology inventions in history are ranked.
Dreams are not rational, neither are fantasy novels and comic books and yet they’re immensely valuable in processing our thoughts, feelings and moral quandaries. Does Tarot do the same?
People who believe in God or the supernatural don’t quite understand the physical world, claims a new study from researchers at the University of Helsinki.
Work on “memes” by Richard Dawkins provides insight on the spread of thought viruses.
Two Canadian astronomers publish a paper with an extraordinary claim of possibly detecting alien signals.
Russian researchers unearth over 500 artifacts from a secret Nazi base in the Arctic.
The idea of a world government has been a hot topic in the U.S. elections and throughout history.
Meteorologists propose a stunning new explanation for the mysterious events in the Bermuda Triangle.
How open are you to your partner having sex with other people? The answer may depend on your age.
Psychologists suggests tactics for confronting offensive speech.
Asgardia, an unprecedented space-based nation state, is proposed by an international team of scientists and businessmen.
Physicists create a structure that breaks the symmetry of time.
Already a euthanasia pioneer, being the first to legalize it in 2002, the Netherlands may allow for the assisted suicide of older people who feel as if they’ve “completed life”.
A movement grows to re-examine Columbus’s legacy and abolish his holiday.
A new study links reward-seeking to learning in teen brains.