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Kristen French

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.

The Deadly Story of a Life-Giving Element

Author Jack Lohmann on his new book about phosphorus

March 19, 2025

This Ocean Wave Has Rights  

The true meaning of legal protection for nature.

December 16, 2024

The Strange Rise of Daydreaming

Why people become addicted to fantasy lives.

August 29, 2024

Placebo Science Is Rooted in Witch Hunts

How we learned to sort true from false in medicine.

August 27, 2024

The Art of Quantum Forces

Two artists reveal the hidden magic in particle physics.

July 5, 2024

A Tiny Insect with Extraordinary Piss

The sharpshooter catapults its urine at high speed.

June 14, 2024

Has Psychiatry Lost Touch With Individuals?

An argument for emphasis on subjective experience.

May 24, 2024

The Animals That Turn Bodily Fluids into Weapons

Four explosive tales of blood, spit, and venom.

April 29, 2024

When Bacteria Are Beautiful

Making art out of an invisible world that shapes human health and disease.

March 28, 2024

Everything in Its Right Place

When a misplaced sense of familiarity gives rise to delusions of place.

March 21, 2024

The Speediest Creatures on Earth

How tiny one-celled protists pull off their strange and marvelous feats.

March 14, 2024

Inside an Exploded Star

Cassiopeia A gets a close-up.

February 22, 2024