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

Devin Reese

Zoology

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Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

Jake Currie

Astronomy

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Evolution

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Paleontology

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Jonathon Keats is an experimental philosopher, writer, and artist. He is the award-winning author of six books on subjects ranging from science and technology to art and design. He is a research associate at the University of Arizona, a visiting scholar at the University of Colorado Boulder, a senior fellow at the Berggruen Institute, a research fellow at the Long Now Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution, principal philosopher at Earth Law Center, and an artist-in-residence at Biosphere 2.

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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.

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