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.
Scientists find a surprising relationship between yawning and brain size.
Study reveals that most of us want more rest and would rather rest alone.
Forget multi-vitamins, pick up a happy spouse instead. This study suggests the enormous upward effect of having a partner who has a happy nature.
A baby is born from a controversial procedure that combines DNA from 3 people.
Japanese car maker introduces self-driving chairs to eliminate lines.
Researchers create a new theory of time that goes against established physics.
Stanford scientists create technology that could help severely paralyzed people communicate.
New research provides more clues about the age of the world’s most popular book.
Have you ever refreshed your social media page, tallying each new like or lamenting that there are none? A new study reveals what that says about your self-esteem and your sense of purpose.
ScienceDebate.org sent 20 fine-tuned questions to the presidential candidates. 3 out of 4 of them responded. Here’s where they stand on key science issues.
Edward Snowden and his allies are lobbying President Obama to pardon him.
Physicists may be close to creating the theoretical “time crystals”.
Rabble-rousing politicians may be uniquely benefitting from the Information Age.
Google’s DeepMind creates AI that blows away existing speech synthesizers.
The Kardashev Scale measures the advancement of cosmic societies.
The North Korean government bans sarcastic speech against itself or Kim Jong-un.
The engine that could revolutionize space travel is pursued by scientists around the world.
UCLA researchers successfully use a new technique to “wake up” a patient after coma.
An expansive new study shows that marijuana use by Americans has increased significantly since 2002.
The increased use of smart drugs to boost brain performance is raising many ethical and practical questions.
Astronomers find a galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter.
A team of Harvard researchers 3D prints a fully autonomous octopus-like robot that runs on a chemical reaction.
One of the fathers of string theory proposes a new equation that may reconcile general relativity and quantum mechanics.
A new pipeline could ruin their water supply and sacred sites, say the Standing Rock Sioux and other tribes.
North Korea announces a new on-demand video service for its citizens.
Authorities in France and Scotland are taking very different approaches to Islamic dress in their societies.
NASA will be putting most of the research it funds online for free in policy of open access to science.
Neil deGrasse Tyson reveals his political and religious views in an amusing fight with a conservative radio host.
NASA tests the engine for the most powerful rocket ever built, designed for deep-space missions.