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Nautilus

Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

Jake Currie

Astronomy

See the Milky Way’s Galactic Bulge, Captured in Unprecedented Detail

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

Devin Reese

Evolution

How City Rats Are Becoming Resistant to Poison

Health

Does Nurture Trump Nature in Disease Risk Prediction?

Bob Grant is the deputy editor at Nautilus.

Bob Grant

Technology

Here’s Why Men’s World Cup Athletes Wear Sports Bras

Physics

The Physics Behind the Poo Emoji’s Shape

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

Microbiology

All the Microbes That Could Survive in Space

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