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Nautilus

Alice Fleerackers is a freelance writer fascinated by the psychology of happiness. She is also an assistant professor of journalism and civic engagement at the University of Amsterdam and the vice president of the Global Network for the Communication of Science and Technology.

Alice Fleerackers

Health

The Simple Dutch Cure for Stress

Sam Goldman

Geoscience

Why We Need to Map the Ocean Floor

Marcus Woo

Physics

How the Neutrino’s Tiny Mass Could Help Solve Big Mysteries

The Nautilus Team

Communication

Nautilus to be Acquired by Ownership Group of Super-Fans

Scott Koenig

Psychology

Is the Psychology of Greta Thunberg’s Climate Activism Effective?

Phil Torres

Technology

Omniviolence Is Coming and the World Isn’t Ready

Celebrating Science: Co-Sign the Letter

Brian Gallagher is an associate editor at Nautilus. Follow him on X (formerly known as Twitter) <a href="https://twitter.com/bsgallagher/" rel="noopener">@bsgallagher</a>.

Brian Gallagher

Physicists Say Google’s Quantum Computer Is Still Far From Practical

John Rennie joined Quanta Magazine as deputy editor in 2017. Previously, he spent 20 years at Scientific American, where he served as editor in chief between 1994 and 2009. He created and hosted Hacking the Planet, an original 2013 TV series for The Weather Channel, and has appeared frequently on television and radio on programs such as PBS’s Newshour, ABC’s World News Now, NPR’s Science Friday, the History Channel special Clash of the Cavemen and the Science Channel series Space’s Deepest Secrets. John has also been an adjunct professor of science writing at New York University since 2009. Most recently, he was editorial director of McGraw-Hill Education’s online science encyclopedia AccessScience.

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The Simple Dutch Cure for Stress

Why We Need to Map the Ocean Floor

How the Neutrino’s Tiny Mass Could Help Solve Big Mysteries

Nautilus to be Acquired by Ownership Group of Super-Fans

Is the Psychology of Greta Thunberg’s Climate Activism Effective?

Omniviolence Is Coming and the World Isn’t Ready

Celebrating Science: Co-Sign the Letter

Physicists Say Google’s Quantum Computer Is Still Far From Practical

Nobel Awarded for Lithium-Ion Batteries and Portable Power

The Problem with the Frozen Poop Knife Study

The Strange Physics of How Babies Talk

Why Campaigns to Change Language Often Backfire