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How Big Can Life Get?

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Philip Ball is a freelance writer based in London, and the author of many books on science and its interactions with the broader culture. His latest book is How Life Works.

Philip Ball

Physics

Schrödinger’s Kittens Are All Grown Up

<a href="https://danfalk.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dan Falk</a> (@danfalk.bsky.social) is a science journalist based in Toronto. His books include The Science of Shakespeare and In Search of Time.

Dan Falk

Time Brings Order to the Universe

Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

Jake Currie

You Can Transport Antimatter in a Box Truck?

Jo Marchant is the author of <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324097488" target="_blank" rel="noopener">In Search of Now: The Science of the Present Moment</a>. She has written several popular books, including The Human Cosmos: Civilization and the Stars and the New York Times bestseller Cure: A Journey Into the Science of Mind over Body, which was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize and longlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize. She lives in London.

Jo Marchant

Surreal spiral clock in space. Credit: amgun / Shutterstock.

Welcome to the Block Universe

Why Cats Always Land on Their Feet

Close-up shot of a basketball in the hoop. Credit: Jag_cz / Shutterstock.

The Science Behind the Perfect 3-Point Shot

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Paleontology

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Devin Reese is the executive editor of Natural History and a science writer based in Alexandria, Virginia.

Devin Reese

Zoology

Check Out This New Colorful Sea Slug the Size of a Sesame Seed

Jason Socrates Bardi is an award-winning journalist in DC who has written several books about the history of math: The Calculus Wars, The Fifth Postulate and now The Great Math War: How Three Brilliant Minds Fought for the Foundations of Mathematics. He has published hundreds of articles about modern science and medicine in outlets including the San Francisco Chronicle, Good Morning America, US News &amp; World Report, and The Lancet. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

Jason Socrates Bardi

Math

The Soul of Numbers

Mikael Angelo Francisco is a science journalist and illustrator from the Philippines who enjoys writing about paleontology, biodiversity, environment conservation, and science in pop culture. He has written and edited books about media literacy, Filipino scientists, and science trivia.