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Will Dowd is a writer and artist based outside Boston. His debut book, Areas of Fog, was named a Massachusetts Book Award “Must Read.” He is an editorial cartoonist for The Boston Globe, a poetry editor at Post Road Magazine, and author of the newsletter The Lunar Dispatch, read by over 5,000 subscribers in more than 100 countries. His honors include The Rumi Prize for Poetry from Arts &amp; Letters, a Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, and a James Merrill House residency.

Will Dowd

Arts

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Manisha Caleb is a senior lecturer in astrophysics at the University of Sydney.

Manisha Caleb

<a class="hover:underline" href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/themiya-nanayakkara-1324058" rel="author">Themiya Nanayakkara</a> is a senior lecturer in astrophysics at the University of Sydney.

Themiya Nanayakkara

Astronomy

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Steven Allain is a senior lecturer in animal science at Anglia Ruskin University in the U.K.

Steven Allain

Zoology

The Secret Superpowers of Amphibians and Reptiles

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Susana Carmona is the founder of Neuromaternal, a lab based in Madrid, and is a mother herself. She has led international research projects and published her findings in Science Advances and Nature Neuroscience, among many other publications. She is the author of “<a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262054782/a-mothers-brain/?_gl=1*pv1veq*_ga*MTMzNjk5NDU2Mi4xNzg3Njc5ODQ0*_ga_LKJ2S6BH0S*czE3OTE1NjgyNTkkbzIkZzEkdDE3OTE1Njg1ODAkajYwJGwwJGgw" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-vars-ga-category="outbound-link" data-vars-ga-action="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262054782/a-mothers-brain/">A Mother’s Brain</a>,” from which this article is adapted.
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Susana Carmona

Health

The Placenta Is More Powerful—and More Mysterious—Than You Think

Julie Moreno is an Associate Professor of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences at Colorado State University.

Julie Moreno

Why Old Dogs Might Be Able to Teach Alzheimer’s Researchers New Tricks

Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

Jake Currie

Paleontology

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Kristen French is a senior 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

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David Nield has written about science and technology for more than 20 years. His work has appeared in a wide range of publications, including Wired, Popular Science, The Guardian, and Gizmodo.

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I Seeded My Dreams and This Story Emerged

A Distant Planet Emitted a Burst of Radio Waves. Why?

The Secret Superpowers of Amphibians and Reptiles

The Placenta Is More Powerful—and More Mysterious—Than You Think

Why Old Dogs Might Be Able to Teach Alzheimer’s Researchers New Tricks

Check Out the Mouthparts on This New Prehistoric Insect

Did These Microbes Eat A Lot of the Fossil Record?

See the Artemis II Crew’s Handwritten Notes Documenting the Lunar Surface

Mosasaurs Were Capable of Explosive Speed

Scared of Shots? A Favorite Tune Helps Mute the Pain

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