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John Steele

John Steele is the publisher and editorial director of Nautilus.

Can We Protect Science?

It was a burning question at the World Economic Forum last week

January 28, 2026

The Problem with Farmed Seafood

We're decimating the ocean to feed farmed fish. But an innovative solution has surfaced.

October 22, 2025

The Deep Ocean Is a Global Public Good

This visionary new initiative would do more than save the ocean. It would regenerate it.

September 19, 2025

It’s a Plastic World, After All

This ride through plastic waste emerges with hope

August 20, 2025

Charting the Blue Realm

To explore the deep sea is to understand the human story and the nature of knowledge

July 15, 2025

The Past Is a Ghost and the Future a Fantasy

This revelation allows us to live more fully

July 1, 2025

Hope Catches a Tailwind

Dona Bertarelli brings her intimate knowledge of the high seas to advocate for conserving ocean ecosystems

June 6, 2025

Poetry Gives Us Power

How Marianne Moore’s poem <I>The Fish</I> helps us see the world more clearly

May 14, 2025

How to Read a Tsunami

Insights from a geophysicist.

December 25, 2024

The Sean Carrolls Explain the Universe

Why are we here? Is there life on other planets? The renowned scientists who share a name share their answers to life’s big questions.

December 20, 2024

Life Will Find a Way

A new exhibition highlights the persistence of organisms from lichens to polar bears to us.

October 23, 2024

The Surfer and the Businessman

A conversation between Maya Gabeira and Lorenzo Bertelli.

September 23, 2024