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David Nield has written about science and technology for more than 20 years. His work has appeared in a wide range of publications, including Wired, Popular Science, The Guardian, and Gizmodo.

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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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Bob Grant is the deputy editor at Nautilus.

Bob Grant

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Namir Khaliq is a writer, film producer, and the founder of Protostellar Media, a science communication production company.

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Will Dowd is a writer and artist based outside Boston. His debut book, Areas of Fog, was named a Massachusetts Book Award “Must Read.” He is an editorial cartoonist for The Boston Globe, a poetry editor at Post Road Magazine, and author of the newsletter The Lunar Dispatch, read by over 5,000 subscribers in more than 100 countries. His honors include The Rumi Prize for Poetry from Arts &amp; Letters, a Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, and a James Merrill House residency.

Will Dowd

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Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.