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Madeline Gressel

Zoology

Do Dolphins Have Conversations? We Still Can’t Say

Jesse Dunietz

Technology

The Fundamental Limits of Machine Learning

Aileen McGraw

Environment

The Forgotten Landscapes of the United States

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

A Cosmic Crash May Have Made the Moon

M.R. O&#8217;Connor writes about the politics and ethics of science, technology, and conservation. Her reporting has appeared in publications such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Harper&#8217;s Magazine. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

M.R. O’Connor

Psychology

For Kids, Learning Is Moving

Claudia Geib

Physics

Benchtop Black Holes Help Physicists Glimpse the Quantum Universe

Uri Bram

The Limits of Formal Learning, or Why Robots Can’t Dance

Walt Pickut

How the Blind See the Stars

Moises Velasquez-Manoff

Health

Hallucinogen Therapy Is Coming

Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D, is a biologist and author of <a target="blank" href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780374537098" rel="noopener">What a Fish Knows</a> and <a target="blank" href="//www.indiebound.org/book/9780143134275" rel="noopener">Super Fly</a>. He lives in Ontario.

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