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Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

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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.

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