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Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

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Bob Grant is the deputy editor at Nautilus.

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Richard Stone is the senior international correspondent for Science Magazine.

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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.

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

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