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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

Arts

The Art of Quantum Forces

Liz Greene is the managing editor at Nautilus.

Liz Greene

General

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Susan Solomon is the Martin Professor of Environmental Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She received the 1999 United States National Medal of Science (the highest scientific award in the U.S.) for her work on ozone, and a glacier in the Antarctic has been named after her.

Susan Solomon

Environment

How We Solved the Hole in the Ozone

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

March of the Spider Orchids

Adolfo Plasencia is a science writer and the author of <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262535250/">Is the Universe a Hologram? Scientists Answer the Most Provocative Questions</a>.

Adolfo Plasencia

Neuroscience

Big Brother of the Brain Is Here

Giuliana Vomero is a marine biologist and writer. She writes about ocean biodiversity and stories behind the work of conservationists worldwide. You can find her writing for her <a href="https://www.gvbiologiamarina.com/en/blog">personal blog</a>, <a href="https://www.conservation-careers.com/author/gvomerof/">Conservation Careers</a>, and more.

Giuliana Vomero

The Unexpected Music of a Coral Reef

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

The Stars Foretell Our Doom

Zoology

The Haunted Forest of Butterflies

Elena Renken is a science reporter focusing on the brain and medicine. Her work has been published by NPR, Quanta Magazine, and PBS NOVA.

Elena Renken

Health

The Power of Physician Empathy

Elizabeth Fernandez is a freelance science writer who covers astronomy, physics, geology, and the hard sciences, as well as science and society. She can be found at <a href="https://sparkdialog.com/">sparkdialog.com</a>.

Elizabeth Fernandez

Life Lessons from Hell-House Venus

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.

Katharine Gammon

We’re Polluting Our Forests—with Noise

Cody Delistraty is a journalist and speechwriter. He has worked as the culture editor of The Wall Street Journal Magazine, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Paris Review, and New York Magazine. His new book, The Grief Cure: Looking for the End of Loss, was published in June.

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