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Nautilus

<p>Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.</p>


Jake Currie

Technology

How Video Calling Worked Almost 100 Years Ago

<p>Kristen French is an associate editor at <i>Nautilus</i>. She has worked in science journalism since 2013, reporting and writing features and news for publications such as <i>Wired, Backchannel, The Verge,</i> and <i>New York Magazine</i>. She has a masters degree in science journalism from Columbia University.</p>


Kristen French

I Asked Claude Why It Won’t Stop Flattering Me

<p>Arts, science, and travel writer Nick Hilden contributes to the likes of the <i>Washington Post, Scientific American, Esquire, Popular Science, National Geographic,</i> and more. You can follow him on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/nickhilden">@nickhilden</a> or Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nick.hilden/">@nick.hilden</a>.</p>


Nick Hilden

Making AI More Human

<article><strong>Candi K. Cann</strong>, a former Fulbright Scholar, is a professor at Baylor University with a research focus on death, dying, and grief, as well as the intersections of marginality, diversity, and death technologies. She is the author of the book <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262051118/augmented/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-vars-ga-category="outbound-link" data-vars-ga-action="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262051118/augmented/"><em>augmented</em></a>, from which this article is adapted.</article>
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Candi K. Cann

Collage of futuristic robots doing daily human chores/routines. Credit: lemono / Shutterstock.

What the US Could Learn From Asia’s Robot Revolution

Plastic bottle washed up on the shore. Credit: yamasan0708 / Shutterstock.

Technology

How Video Calling Worked Almost 100 Years Ago

I Asked Claude Why It Won’t Stop Flattering Me

Making AI More Human

What the US Could Learn From Asia’s Robot Revolution

Discarded Plastic Can Be Converted Into Parkinson’s Drug