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Michael D. Gurven is a distinguished professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His work has been featured in the New York Times and on NPR and the BBC.

Michael D. Gurven

Anthropology

Long Lives Helped Early Humans Thrive

Bob Grant is the deputy editor at Nautilus.

Bob Grant

History

DNA’s Death Notice

Rob Dunn is an evolutionary biologist at the North Carolina State University where he studies species we interact with every day but tend to overlook—including those that live in our belly buttons. He is the author of several books, including Every Living Thing, The Man Who Touched His Own Heart, and The Call of the Honeyguide.

Rob Dunn

Zoology

We Owe It All to Figs

Charles Digges is an environmental journalist who edits the website of the Norwegian environmental group Bellona.

Charles Digges

Psychology

Can I Give You Some Advice?

Does Musical Taste Narrow with Age?

Arts, science, and travel writer Nick Hilden contributes to the likes of the Washington Post, Scientific American, Esquire, Popular Science, National Geographic, and more. You can follow him on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/nickhilden">@nickhilden</a> or Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nick.hilden/">@nick.hilden</a>.

Nick Hilden

Communication

Scientists Are People, Too

Sara Kiley Watson is a climate and science journalist currently based in the Netherlands.

Sara Kiley Watson

Shark Teeth Are Crumbling

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

Environment

Rogue Wave Mystery Solved

These Carnivorous Bats Are Softies

Liz Lindqwister is a writer originally from Peoria, Illinois. Her reporting on tech, culture, and history has appeared in the San Francisco Standard, STANFORD Magazine, the Library of Congress, and Vox’s Today Explained. A historian by training, Lindqwister holds degrees in early American studies from Stanford University and Cambridge University.

Liz Lindqwister

Where Will the Sloths Go?

Adam Nicolson is the author of many books on history, landscape, and great literature. He is the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, the W. H. Heinemann Award, and the Ondaatje Prize. His books include The Life Between the Tides and Why Homer Matters. He lives on a farm in Sussex.

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