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Sofia Quaglia is a freelance journalist writing about all things science and nature and how we talk about them. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC, National Geographic, The Guardian, New Scientist, and more. She’s on a mission to visit the entire planet by spending each month in a different country, so she’s been living on the road since 2021. You can find her on X (formerly known as Twitter) at <a href="https://twitter.com/sofiquaglia">@sofiquaglia</a>.

Sofia Quaglia

Microbiology

These “Junk” Proteins May Fuel Adaptation

Amber Dance, a Knowable Magazine contributor in the Los Angeles area, killed many a cell during her years as a cell biologist.

Amber Dance

Viruses That Roam the Fungal Kingdom

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

Nice Microbes Finish First

Gabriel Popkin is a freelance science and environmental writer based in Mount Rainier, Maryland, just outside the nation’s capital. He has written for Science, Nature, The New York Times, Johns Hopkins Magazine, APS News and many others.

Gabriel Popkin

The Ecosystem Dynamics That Can Make or Break an Invasion

Sarah Gilman is a writer, illustrator, and editor who covers the environment, science, and place from rural Washington state. She&#8217;s also a contributing editor at Hakai Magazine. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Audubon, Smithsonian, High Country News, National Geographic, and others.

Sarah Gilman

The Sublime Smarts of Slime Molds

Karen G. Lloyd is the Wrigley Chair in Environmental Studies and a professor of Earth sciences at the University of Southern California. Her work has appeared in leading publications such as Nature and Science.

Karen G. Lloyd

Hunting For the Grandma of All Eukaryotes

Molly Glick is the newsletter editor of Nautilus.

Molly Glick

Your Dishwasher Could Harbor the Next Chonkus

Thomas Levenson is a professor of science writing at MIT. He is the author of several books, including So Very Small, Money for Nothing, The Hunt for Vulcan, Einstein in Berlin, and Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World’s Greatest Scientist. He has also made ten feature-length documentaries for which he has won numerous awards.

Thomas Levenson

Why Germs Love Our Collective Amnesia

Phil Jaekl is a freelance science writer and author with an academic background in cognitive neuroscience. His latest book is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Out-Cold-Controversial-Lifesaving-Hypothermia/dp/1541756754">Out Cold: A Chilling Descent into the Macabre, Controversial, Lifesaving History of Hypothermia</a>. He lives in the Norwegian Arctic in Tromsø.

Phil Jaekl

The Animals That Exist Between Life and Death

Brandon Keim (<a href="https://brandonkeim.substack.com">Substack</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/9brandon/">Instagram</a> |<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/brandonkeim.bsky.social">Bluesky</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

The Unnatural History of Bird Flu

Mario Livio is an astrophysicist who worked for 24 years with the Hubble Space Telescope. His latest book is Is Earth Exceptional?: The Quest for Cosmic Life, coauthored with Jack Szostak.

Mario Livio

The Incredible Conundrum of Life’s Origin

Lina Zeldovich grew up in a family of Russian scientists, listening to bedtime stories about volcanoes, black holes, and intrepid explorers. She has written for the Smithsonian, National Geographic, Reader’s Digest, the New York Times and other publications. Her most recent book, <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250283382/thelivingmedicine">The Living Medicine</a>: How a Lifesaving Cure was Nearly Lost and Why it Will Rescue Us When Antibiotics Fail, chronicled the history of phage therapy and was longlisted for the PEN America Literary Awards.