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Nautilus

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

An AI robot sits crosslegged in a yoga pose

Technology

This Is What Happens When AI Talks to Itself

Shawna Williams is a freelance writer and editor based in Queens, NY. Her work has appeared in publications including The Scientist, BioSpace, and Hopkins Medicine.

Shawna Williams

High-Tech Lollipops That Detect Disease

Steve Paulson is the executive producer of Wisconsin Public Radio’s nationally syndicated show <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/">To the Best of Our Knowledge</a>. He’s the author of Atoms and Eden: Conversations on Religion and Science. You can find his podcast about psychedelics, Luminous, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/series/luminous">here</a>.

Steve Paulson

Photo of a statue of Jesus wearing a crown of thorns

Philosophy

Was Jesus a Shaman?

Sofia Quaglia is a freelance journalist writing about all things science and nature and how we talk about them. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC, National Geographic, The Guardian, New Scientist, and more. She’s on a mission to visit the entire planet by spending each month in a different country, so she’s been living on the road since 2021. You can find her on X (formerly known as Twitter) at <a href="https://twitter.com/sofiquaglia">@sofiquaglia</a>.

Sofia Quaglia

The Power Grid Is Struggling. Can AI Fix It?

Katherine Harmon Courage is the executive editor at Nautilus.

Katherine Harmon Courage

Communication

The Periscope: Book Weeding, Fact-Checking, and Imperiled Fruit Fly Data

<a href="http://marcbekoff.com/">Marc Bekoff</a>, Ph.D. is a professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has published 31 books (or 41 depending on if you count multi-volume encyclopedias), won many awards for his research on animal behavior, animal emotions (cognitive ethology), compassionate conservation, and animal protection, worked closely with Jane Goodall, and is co-chair of the ethics committee of the Jane Goodall Institute, and a former Guggenheim Fellow. He and Jane wrote The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do to Care For the Animals We Love.

Marc Bekoff

Zoology

The Indomitable Jane Goodall

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

Charles Digges

The Divers Who Stretch the Limits of Human Biology

Molly Glick is the newsletter editor of Nautilus.

Molly Glick

How to Get an Elephant’s Attention

CD Davidson-Hiers is a Florida journalist and essayist.

CD Davidson-Hiers

Genetics

What Made Horses Rideable

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.

Psychology

Daydream Your Way to Life-Changing Insights

Zoe Cunniffe is a health writer interested in chronic illness and medical anthropology. Her work has previously been published in the Ethics Press collection Institutionalized Madness: The Interplay of Psychiatry and Society’s Institutions. She also writes a Substack newsletter, Reality Tunnels.

Zoe Cunniffe

Should We Bring the Dead Back to Life?

Lisa S. Gardiner is a writer, geoscientist, and educator whose work has appeared in Scientific American, The Atlantic, bioGraphic, and other publications. Her second nonfiction book, <a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691247335/reefs-of-time?srsltid=AfmBOopVqyhkwLk59g-d8vlzyYmuqB-KTEhmAbl4XctK3hNSaEsdOewd">Reefs of Time: What Fossils Reveal about Coral Survival</a>, was published in June 2025.

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