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Kristen French

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.

The Kingdom of the Echo Thief

Eavesdropping on sound artist Chris Warren and his reverberation chamber

June 2, 2025

Mapping the Earth’s Magnetism

Early explorers felt the powerful pull of the poles

May 29, 2025

The Visual Language of Crystals

Chemistry becomes art in Thomas Blanchard’s timelapse video

May 22, 2025

Maybe I Am the Asshole?

What a popular subreddit can tell us about everyday morality

May 15, 2025

Thar Be Monsters

The art of unseen creatures and the dawn of science

May 8, 2025

This Plaintive Song Is From a Land Without Lullabies

A rare tribe lacks music for dancing or soothing their young ones

May 1, 2025

The Deadly Story of a Life-Giving Element

Author Jack Lohmann on his new book about phosphorus

March 19, 2025

This Ocean Wave Has Rights  

The true meaning of legal protection for nature.

December 16, 2024

The Strange Rise of Daydreaming

Why people become addicted to fantasy lives.

August 29, 2024

Placebo Science Is Rooted in Witch Hunts

How we learned to sort true from false in medicine.

August 27, 2024

The Art of Quantum Forces

Two artists reveal the hidden magic in particle physics.

July 5, 2024

A Tiny Insect with Extraordinary Piss

The sharpshooter catapults its urine at high speed.

June 14, 2024