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Nautilus

John Steele is the publisher and editorial director of Nautilus.

John Steele

Environment

It’s a Plastic World, After All

Kristen French is an associate editor at Nautilus. She has worked in science journalism since 2013, reporting and writing features and news for publications such as Wired, Backchannel, The Verge, and New York Magazine. She has a masters degree in science journalism from Columbia University.

Kristen French

History

When the Ocean Floor Came Alive

A. Kendra Greene is the author and illustrator of No Less Strange or Wonderful: Essays in Curiosity and The Museum of Whales You Will Never See. A writer and book artist, her work is also published in Atlas Obscura, The Guardian, Orion, and The Wall Street Journal. It has come into being with fellowships from Fulbright, MacDowell, Dobie Paisano, UNC special collections, Library Innovation Lab at Harvard, and The American Library in Paris.

A. Kendra Greene

With Regard to the Invisible

Alice Sun is a science journalist based in Brooklyn, N.Y. Her work frequently covers biology, the environment, social science, mental health, and more. More of her work can be found on <a href="https://www.alicesun.ca/">her website</a> and <a>X</a> (formerly known as Twitter).

Alice Sun

Microbiology

A Rogue New Life Form

Jack Hartnell is a historian, author and curator. He is head of research at the <a href="https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/">National Gallery, London</a>, and Honorary Associate Professor of Art History at the <a href="https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/school-of-politics-philosophy-and-area-studies">University of East Anglia, Norwich</a>. His research specializes in the art of the late medieval and Early Modern periods and the history of medicine and health. He has authored <a href="https://www.jackhartnell.com/writing">Medieval Bodies: Life, Death and Art in the Middle Ages</a> and <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691243481/wound-man?srsltid=AfmBOopDk6fDHv6lEw-RvzopJ8qDoZBfwr8hZRInnECrCkLRxz6J6U4q">Wound Man: The Many Lives of a Surgical Image</a>

Jack Hartnell

The Tortured Paths of the Wound Man

Katherine Harmon Courage is the executive editor at Nautilus.

Katherine Harmon Courage

We’re All Connected

Sean Raymond is an American astrophysicist working at the <a href="https://astrophy.u-bordeaux.fr/?lang=en">Bordeaux Astrophysical Laboratory</a> in France. He also writes a blog at the interface of science and fiction (<a href="https://planetplanet.net/">planetplanet.net</a>) and published a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LFZZWGZ">book of astronomy poems</a>.

Sean Raymond

Astronomy

Wild Orbits Prime Planets for Life

Moira Donovan is an independent journalist based on Canada&#8217;s East Coast, specializing in the environment and climate change. Her written work has been published in Hakai Magazine, The Narwhal, and the MIT Technology Review and her radio work has been broadcast on CBC Radio.

Moira Donovan

A photo of a delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus). Photo by Peterson, B. Moose / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Technology

Making Backpacks for Tiny Fish

Molly Glick is the newsletter editor of Nautilus.

Molly Glick

A Beautiful Accident Etched in Crystal

This Muppet Is a Memory Device

Skylar Knight is a freelance writer and science communicator focused on nature, wildlife, and conservation. He has a Master&#8217;s degree in science communication from Imperial College London and has produced content for film, radio, and print.

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