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Nautilus

Liz Greene is the managing editor at Nautilus.

Liz Greene

General

Quandary

Sevindj Nurkiyazova

Communication

Why Working-Class New Yorkers Drop Their “Rs”

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

Psychology

Game of Thrones and the Evolutionary Significance of Storytelling

Steve Paulson is the executive producer of Wisconsin Public Radio’s nationally syndicated show <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/">To the Best of Our Knowledge</a>. He’s the author of Atoms and Eden: Conversations on Religion and Science. You can find his podcast about psychedelics, Luminous, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/series/luminous">here</a>.

Steve Paulson

Anthropology

The Ancient Rites That Gave Birth to Religion

The Worth of an Angry God

Margaret E. Farrell

Evolution

What an Extinct Bird Re-Evolving Says About “Species”

Jamil Zaki

Can We Revive Empathy in Our Selfish World?

Clayton Dalton

The Problem with Using the Term “Fake News” in Medicine

Stephen E. Nash

History

What Ancient Romans Used Instead of Toilet Paper

David P. Barash is an evolutionary biologist and professor of psychology emeritus at the University of Washington. His most recent book is <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/soul-delusion-9798881805692/">The Soul Delusion</a>.

David P. Barash

Evolution Is Really Not That Into Sex

George Musser is an award-winning science writer and the author of Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation, Spooky Action at a Distance, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to String Theory. Follow him at @<a href="https://mastodon.social/@gmusser">gmusser</a>@mastodon.social, @<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gmusser.bsky.social">gmusser</a>.bsky.social, and @<a href="https://www.threads.net/@georgemusserjr">georgemusserjr</a>@threads.net.

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