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Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

Jake Currie

Evolution

Why Did Humans Evolve to Favor One Hand Over the Other?

Bob Grant is the deputy editor at Nautilus.

Bob Grant

Astronomy

How Did We Miss the Asteroid That Will Narrowly Miss Us?

Anthropology

Mummified Peruvian Hairless Dogs Shed Light on Ancient Companionship

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

Environment

Nobody Could Save Timmy the Whale

Paleontology

Neanderthals Lounged on the Beach Slurping Shellfish

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

Devin Reese

Other Animals Share Human Mothers’ Pain

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