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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.

How a Dream Engineer Defeats Nightmares

We can rewrite the script on bad dreams.

July 19, 2023

Loss of Smell May Be an Early Sign of Brain Diseases

Scientists have learned smell loss can be a diagnostic tool for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

July 17, 2023

Requiem for the Foghorn

Across the US and around the world, foghorns have disappeared from the coastal landscape.

July 14, 2023

How to Drive a Car Through a Wall

The winner of 2023’s Best Illusion of the Year contest on the nature of science and magic.

July 10, 2023

The Dark Side of Fungi

They’re not all magical and entangled. These fungi will kill you.

July 3, 2023

What the Dragonfly Knows

Researchers are studying their extraordinary flight patterns to help us build tiny aircraft and protect global ecosystems.

June 29, 2023

Human Super-Recognizers See Faces Better Than AI

Police forces are choosing humans over algorithms to make some identifications.

June 21, 2023

Does Dream Inception Work? 

One MIT-trained poet spent nine months trying to find out.

June 14, 2023

What Hallucinogens Will Make You See

8 ways psychedelics distort our vision.

June 1, 2023

Where Are the Black Female Doctors?

Representation of Black women in medicine remains stuck in the 1800s.

February 18, 2023

The Creative Sweet Spot of Dreaming

A recently identified stage of sleep common to narcoleptics is a fertile source of creativity.

January 25, 2023