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Nautilus

Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

Jake Currie

Astronomy

What Comes After Artemis II

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

Evolution

Survival of the Wittiest

Neuroscience

The Biological Basis of Imagination

Health

How Nicotine Disrupts the “Lung-Brain Axis”—And Could Lead to Dementia

Devin Reese is the executive editor of Natural History and a science writer based in Alexandria, Virginia.

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