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Marco Giancotti is a freelance writer, product manager, and aphant living in Japan. He has graduate degrees in astrophysics and aerospace engineering—both of which happen to rely on equations more than on mental pictures. He is working on an accessible reframing of key science insights on his website, <a href="https://planktonvalhalla.com/">Plankton Valhalla</a> (which, yes, does contain lots of visualizations). Follow him on Twitter @marco_giancotti.

Marco Giancotti

Psychology

How Optimists Are Alike

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

Can You Name That Tune?

Tim Brinkhof is a Dutch-born, Atlanta-based journalist who reports on culture, history, and science. He studied at New York University and has written for Vox, Slate, Esquire, Village Voice, and more.

Tim Brinkhof

Is the State of the World Causing You Pain?

Molly Glick is the newsletter editor of Nautilus.

Molly Glick

Cheese Might Haunt Our Dreams

Clergy Blown Away by Psilocybin

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.

Lina Zeldovich

Debunking Dangerous Views of Autism

Elena Kazamia is a science writer from Greece. She has a master’s degree in conservation from University College London and a Ph.D. in plant sciences from the University of Cambridge in the U.K.

Elena Kazamia

Conspiracy Theorists Can Be Deprogrammed

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.

Katharine Gammon

Smells Like Friend Spirit

Keith Sawyer is a creativity researcher. He has published 20 books, including <a href="http://www.groupgenius.net/">Group Genius</a>, <a href="http://www.zigzagcreate.com/">Zig Zag</a>, and, most recently, <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262551649/learning-to-see/">Learning to See</a>. Sawyer is the Morgan Distinguished Professor in Educational Innovations at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A version of this article first appeared on Sawyer’s Substack, <a href="https://keithsawyer.substack.com/">The Science of Creativity</a>.

Keith Sawyer

The Creativity Hack No One Told You About

Dale Markowitz is a writer and software engineer based in Austin, Texas.

Dale Markowitz

The Creative Nest

Florence Williams is the author of The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative and Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey, which won the 2023 PEN/E.O. Wilson Award in literary science writing.

Florence Williams

Ukrainian War Widows on the Edge

Steven J. Heine is a social and cultural psychologist at the University of British Columbia. He is the recent author of Start Making Sense: How Existential Psychology Can Help Us Make Meaningful Lives in Absurd Times.