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Nautilus

Brandon Keim (<a href="https://brandonkeim.substack.com">Substack</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/9brandon/">Instagram</a> |<a href="https://twitter.com/9brandon">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://mastodon.social/home">Mastodon</a>) is a freelance journalist and contributing editor at Nautilus. His new book, <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324007081">Meet the Neighbors</a>, explores what the science of animal intelligence means for how we understand and live with the wild creatures around us.

Brandon Keim

Arts

What We Misunderstand About Robots

Claudia Arozqueta is an interdisciplinary historian, curator, and writer whose work has appeared in publications such as Leonardo, Artforum, e-flux Criticism, and others. Arozqueta is the author of <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262551885/heartbeat-art/">Heartbeat Art</a>, from which this article is adapted.

Claudia Arozqueta

Making Art Out of Heartbeats

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

The Visual Language of Crystals

Molly Glick is the newsletter editor of Nautilus.

Molly Glick

Hilma af Klint Celebrates the Supernatural in Nature

John Steele is the publisher and editorial director of Nautilus.

John Steele

Poetry Gives Us Power

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.

Thar Be Monsters

Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

Jake Currie

A Sci-fi Artist Who Draws From Real Life

This Plaintive Song Is From a Land Without Lullabies

Richard Powers is the author of 14 novels, including The Overstory, Bewilderment, and Orfeo. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Award. He lives in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Richard Powers

Manta Rays at Play

Rosa JH Berland is a historian and curator of modern and contemporary art and design. She has contributed writing to books, academic collections, peer-reviewed scholarly journals, art magazines, and museum and gallery publications, including Atomic Kid, edited by J. Boyer and G. Marmalade.

Rosa JH Berland

The Art of the Atomic

Breathing New Life into Found Objects

Katharine Gammon is a freelance science writer based in Santa Monica, California, who writes about environment, science, and parenting. You can find her on X (formerly known as Twitter) @kategammon.