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Sabine Hossenfelder is a theoretical physicist at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, in Germany, focusing on modifications of general relativity, phenomenological quantum gravity, and the foundations of quantum mechanics. She is the creative director of the YouTube channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1yNl2E66ZzKApQdRuTQ4tw">“Science without the gobbledygook”</a> where she talks about recent scientific developments and debunks hype. Her latest book is <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/616868/existential-physics-by-sabine-hossenfelder/">Existential Physics: A Scientist’s Guide to Life’s Biggest Questions</a>. Follow her on X (formerly known as Twitter) <a href="https://twitter.com/skdh">@skdh</a>.

Sabine Hossenfelder

Physics

The Present Phase of Stagnation in the Foundations of Physics Is Not Normal

Mary Ellen Hannibal is the author of Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction, the winner of Stanford’s Knight-Risser Prize in Western Environmental Literature, and a Stanford media fellow.

Mary Ellen Hannibal

Arts

Butterfly Wonk Robert Pyle Pens His First Novel 44 Years in the Making

Jonathan Lambert

Paleontology

World’s Oldest Fossils Now Appear to Be Squished Rocks

Steve Stewart-Williams

Psychology

12 Mind-Bending Perceptual Illusions

Jesse Stone

Are Black Holes Actually Dark Energy Stars?

Natalie Wolchover

Can Analogies Reveal the Laws of Physics?

Kevin Hartnett

Math

Why Mathematicians Can’t Find the Hay in a Haystack

Katia Moskvitch

A Short History of the Missing Universe

Laura Sanders

Neuroscience

Insects and the Meaning of Sleep

Bridget Alex is a science journalist and anthropologist based in Somerville, MA. Her writing has appeared in outlets including Discover, Science, and Archaeology. She is also a lecturer at Harvard University.

Bridget Alex

History

Why Did the Ancients Bury Their Dogs like Family Members?

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

The Heart of Musical Experience Is Expectation

Paul M. Sutter is a research professor in astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced Computational Science at Stony Brook University and a guest researcher at the Flatiron Institute in New York City. He is the author of Your Place in the Universe: Understanding our Big, Messy Existence.

Paul M. Sutter

The Case for Dancing Astrophysics

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