This month’s issue offers multiple perspectives on catalysts in science, from cosmology to medicine, neuroscience to physics. It illuminates the elusive agents of change that spark ever-emergent worlds.

Catalysts

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Liz Greene is the managing editor at Nautilus.

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The cover of Nautilus print edition 65, featuring an illustration of people having a picnic inside a crocodile's open mouth.

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Print Edition 65: The Food Issue

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Vittoria Traverso is a freelance writer based in Italy and the U.S. who is interested in stories that can help us see the world differently.

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If Oaks and Orchids Could Talk

Print Edition 61: The Animal Issue

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Kristen French is a senior 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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