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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.

Daydream Your Way to Life-Changing Insights

Certain kinds of mind wandering can lead to powerful epiphanies

October 1, 2025

Extraterrestrials are People, Too

Should we grant legal rights to extraterrestrial lifeforms before we find them?

September 24, 2025

Rogue Wave Mystery Solved

Each leviathan of the deep has a signature that can be used to forecast it

September 10, 2025

Why This 17-Year-Old Girl Can’t Forget

Some people have extraordinary powers of mental time travel

September 3, 2025

How Phantom Limb Tricks Us

New maps of the brain may explain why amputees feel pain in the void

August 26, 2025

When the Ocean Floor Came Alive

The first map of the Atlantic seafloor revealed a dynamic world under the waves

August 19, 2025

Stalagmites Offer Clues to Maya Mystery

Chemical fingerprints point to reason for collapse

August 14, 2025

Pedestrians Are Walking Faster

How we behave in the urban wilds has changed

July 30, 2025

Can You Name That Tune?

A new online game could help researchers solve the mysteries of musical memory

July 23, 2025

Nice Microbes Finish First

Aggression doesn't always pay in dynamic microcosms

July 16, 2025

Longevity Might Be All In Your Head

The biological age of your organs could predict your health—and death

July 9, 2025