This month’s theme, “Quandary,” features articles that rebalance the fear that science is out of control, that playing God has set humanity on an inexorable path of destruction. This issue presents new essays, articles, and interviews that crack open quandaries in manifold fields of science.

Quandary

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Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

Jake Currie

General

Was Einstein Seduced by a Russian Honeypot Operation?

Liz Greene is the managing editor at Nautilus.

Liz Greene

The cover of Nautilus print edition 65, featuring an illustration of people having a picnic inside a crocodile's open mouth.

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Vittoria Traverso is a freelance writer based in Italy and the U.S. who is interested in stories that can help us see the world differently.

Vittoria Traverso

If Oaks and Orchids Could Talk

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

Devin Reese

Zoology

Giant, Fruit-Eating Bats Are Shrinking

Janne Liebmann is a research fellow at Curtin University. She specializes in applying geochemistry and geochronology to investigate crustal evolution and mineral systems. Her passion lies in understanding the early Earth (over 2.5 billion years ago) and the geologic processes that made our planet habitable, allowing life, including complex life, to flourish.

Janne Liebmann

Geoscience

A Chemical Fingerprint in Ancient Rocks Suggests Plate Tectonics Began 2.5 Billion Years Ago

Environment

The World’s Largest Marine Turtle Makes a Move South

Health

Why Sleep Might Not be as Restorative as We Get Older

History

What Public Health Initiatives Looked Like in the Middle Ages

Kristen French is a senior 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.