This month we look at the innate nature of storytelling and why AI will need to learn how to tell stories. But that’s not all: This issue is also about the beautiful power of stories themselves.

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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.

General

Print Edition 65: The Food Issue

Print Edition 64

Print Edition 63: The Climates Issue

Print Edition 62

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

Print Edition 61: The Animal Issue

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Jake Currie is a writer based in Brooklyn, NY.

Jake Currie

Lateral view of the clutch. The eggs were molded from casting resin. Credit: Chun-Yu Su.

Paleontology

How a Simulated Dinosaur Nest Revealed Prehistoric Parenting Strategies

Health

The Shrinking Gland That Helps You Live Longer

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

Devin Reese

Evolution

How Cacti Defy Darwin

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.