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Nautilus

Alexandra Ossola

Communication

Conservationists Are Learning How To Use a Pretty Face

David Shultz

Psychology

Why Is “Survivor” Still on Television?

Jim Davies is a professor at the Department of Cognitive Science at Carleton University. He is co-host of the award-winning podcast Minding the Brain. His latest book is Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are: The Science of a Better You.

Jim Davies

Economics

How Black Friday Got Its Name

Joanna Klein

Sociology

Here’s Why Millennials Really Aren’t That Different

Julie Sedivy has taught linguistics and psychology at Brown University and the University of Calgary. She is the author of Language in Mind: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics and most recently, Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love.

Julie Sedivy

How Our Words Affect Our Thoughts on Race and Gender

Summer Ash

Astronomy

This Is Why It’s Hard to Recognize a Black Hole

Can a Wandering Mind Make You Neurotic?

Susie Neilson

Evolution

The Case for Making Humans Smaller

Katharine Gammon is a freelance science writer based in Santa Monica, California, who writes about environment, science, and parenting. You can find her on X (formerly known as Twitter) @kategammon.

Katharine Gammon

History

How Chemistry Is Rescuing Our Audio History from Melting

Jane C. Hu

Zoology

These Animals Use Personal Names, But Never Gossip

Regan Penaluna is a Brooklyn-based journalist who writes about science, philosophy, and the natural world. Her book How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind was a New York Times Editors’ Choice.

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