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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.

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

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

Has Psychiatry Lost Touch With Individuals?

An argument for emphasis on subjective experience.

May 24, 2024

The Animals That Turn Bodily Fluids into Weapons

Four explosive tales of blood, spit, and venom.

April 29, 2024

Everything in Its Right Place

When a misplaced sense of familiarity gives rise to delusions of place.

March 21, 2024

The Speediest Creatures on Earth

How tiny one-celled protists pull off their strange and marvelous feats.

March 14, 2024

Inside an Exploded Star

Cassiopeia A gets a close-up.

February 22, 2024

What Makes a Narcissist?

Ambition is not the problem.

January 16, 2024