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<a href="https://www.joelfrohlich.com/">Joel Frohlich</a> is a neuroscientist and postdoctoral researcher studying brain stimulation at the University of Tübingen’s Institute for Neuromodulation and Neurotechnology in Germany. Before moving to Germany from the United States, he spent three years as a postdoctoral researcher studying consciousness in the laboratory of Martin Monti at UCLA.

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Elise Cutts is one of those ex-researchers who realized that writing about science is much more fun than doing it herself. Previously a geobiologist, she now writes about physics, geoscience, and space research in Europe and beyond from her home in Graz, Austria.

Elise Cutts

Doubts Grow About the Biosignature Approach to Alien-Hunting

Tom Vanderbilt is the author, most recently, of Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning.

Tom Vanderbilt

Here to Save the Day!

Tom Metcalfe is a science journalist based in London, where he writes mainly about space, energy, archaeology, Earth, and the oceans. He has written for Scientific American, National Geographic, Live Science, NBC News, BBC News, and others.

Tom Metcalfe

Could Modified Gravity Kill Planet Nine?

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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Erika Nesvold, an astrophysicist, has worked as a researcher at NASA Goddard and the Carnegie Institution for Science. She is a developer for Universe Sandbox, a physics-based space simulator; cofounder of the nonprofit organization the <a href="https://justspacealliance.org/">JustSpace Alliance</a>; the creator and host of the podcast <a href="https://makingnewworlds.com/">Making New Worlds</a>; and author of <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047548/off-earth/">Off-Earth</a>.

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The Thorny Ethics of Making Alien Planets Habitable

Rebecca Boyle is a science journalist based in Colorado Springs. She is a columnist for Atlas Obscura, a contributing editor at Scientific American, a contributing writer at Quanta, and a frequent contributor to The New York Times, The Atlantic, and many other publications.

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My 3 Greatest Revelations

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Brian Gallagher is an associate editor at Nautilus. Follow him on X (formerly known as Twitter) <a href="https://twitter.com/bsgallagher/" rel="noopener">@bsgallagher</a>.

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The Enlightening Beauty of an Einstein Ring

Caspar Henderson is a writer and journalist living in Oxford, England. He is the author of The Book of Barely Imagined Beings and A New Map of Wonders, both published by the University of Chicago Press. As a journalist, he covers topics such as energy, science, environment, and human rights.

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What Can We Hear in Space?

Paul M. Sutter is a research professor in astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced Computational Science at Stony Brook University and a guest researcher at the Flatiron Institute in New York City. He is the author of Your Place in the Universe: Understanding our Big, Messy Existence.