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Nautilus

John Steele is the publisher and editorial director of Nautilus.

John Steele

Environment

The Surfer and the Businessman

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

Geoscience

The Origin of the Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs

Richard Powers is the author of 14 novels, including The Overstory, Bewilderment, and Orfeo. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Award. He lives in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Richard Powers

Arts

Our Magnificent Ocean

Cary Funk is the senior advisor for public engagement with science at the Aspen Institute Science &amp; Society Program.

Cary Funk

Sociology

What’s at Stake for Science in the US Presidential Election

CD Davidson-Hiers is a Florida journalist and essayist.

CD Davidson-Hiers

Frozen Reefs

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

Charles Digges

Astronomy

The Mystery of the Cosmic Radio Globs

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

Evolution

Puberty Hasn’t Changed Since the Ice Age

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

Psychology

When Do Kids Start Playing Pretend?

Ken Krimstein has published cartoons in The New Yorker, Punch, the Wall Street Journal, and more. He is the author of The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt, which won the Bernard J. Brommel Award for Biography and Memoir, and was a finalist for the Jewish Book Award and the Chautauqua Prize, and also of Kvetch as Kvetch Can. He lives and writes and draws in Evanston, Illinois.

Ken Krimstein

When Einstein and Kafka Met

Mikael Angelo Francisco is a science journalist and illustrator from the Philippines who enjoys writing about paleontology, biodiversity, environment conservation, and science in pop culture. He has written and edited books about media literacy, Filipino scientists, and science trivia.

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