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Katarina Zimmer is a freelance science and environment journalist.

Katarina Zimmer

Zoology

When Songbird Couples Split

Greg M. Epstein serves as humanist chaplain at Harvard &amp; MIT, where he advises students, faculty, and staff members on ethical and existential concerns from a humanist perspective. He was TechCrunch&#8216;s first “ethicist in residence” and has been called “a symbol of the transition in how Americans relate to organized religion.” He is the author of the New York Times-bestselling book Good Without God and has also written for MIT Technology Review, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/">CNN.com</a>, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and Newsweek. His latest book is Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World&#8217;s Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation.

Greg M. Epstein

Technology

Is Technology Worthy of Our Faith?

Elena Kazamia is a science writer from Greece. She has a master’s degree in conservation from University College London and a Ph.D. in plant sciences from the University of Cambridge in the U.K.

Elena Kazamia

Anthropology

An Archaeological Reckoning

Tom Metcalfe is a science journalist based in London, where he writes mainly about space, energy, archaeology, Earth, and the oceans. He has written for Scientific American, National Geographic, Live Science, NBC News, BBC News, and others.

Tom Metcalfe

Astronomy

Voyagers Ready to Go Dark

Kael Alford is a photographer, writer, and educator whose work engages with political violence, environmental justice, and the tenuous personal relationship to others. She has published two photography books: Bottom of da Boot: Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast (2012) and Unembedded: Four Independent Journalists on the War in Iraq (2005).

Kael Alford

Environment

The Vanishing Coast of Louisiana

Sarah Milligan is a Minnesota-based writer and photographer focusing on the intersection of community, conservation, and culture. Her work has appeared in Atlas Obscura, Rewilding Magazine, and others. She holds postgraduate degrees in conservation science from Imperial College London and environment and development from the London School of Economics.

Sarah Milligan

An Artful Seduction

Kevin Berger is the editor at large of Nautilus.

Kevin Berger

Arts

That Healing Sound

Syris Valentine is an essayist and freelance journalist with a focus on climate and social justice. Outside of his newsletter &#8220;Just Progress,&#8221; his work has appeared in The Atlantic, Scientific American, Grist, and elsewhere.

Syris Valentine

The New Climate Math on Hurricanes

Iris Berent is a professor of psychology at Northeastern University and the author of The Blind Storyteller: How We Reason About Human Nature.

Iris Berent

Psychology

Consciousness Has a Psychology Problem

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

A Stolen Egg

Patchen Barss has written, edited, and produced stories about science, research, and culture for more than 20 years. His writing has appeared in Nautilus, Scientific American, the Globe and Mail, National Post, and the Toronto Star. He has been a producer at CBC Television and the Discovery Channel, and has a longstanding fascination with patterns and nature.

Patchen Barss

Math

When Work Is Play

Katharine Gammon is a freelance science writer based in Santa Monica, California, who writes about environment, science, and parenting. You can find her on X (formerly known as Twitter) @kategammon.

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