Issue 41 of the Nautilus print edition combines some of the best content from our issues on Change and Excavation. It includes contributions from biologist Bob Goldstein, award-winning science writer Lina Zeldovich, psychology professor Steven Pinker, and more. This issue also features a new illustration by Jorge Colombo.

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Liz Greene is the managing editor at Nautilus.

Liz Greene

The cover of Nautilus print edition 65, featuring an illustration of people having a picnic inside a crocodile's open mouth.

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Print Edition 65: The Food Issue

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Print Edition 63: The Climates Issue

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Vittoria Traverso is a freelance writer based in Italy and the U.S. who is interested in stories that can help us see the world differently.

Vittoria Traverso

If Oaks and Orchids Could Talk

Print Edition 61: The Animal Issue

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Tim Vernimmen is a freelance science writer based near Antwerp, Belgium.

Tim Vernimmen

History

What Archaeology Reveals About the Rise of All-Powerful Rulers

Devin Reese is the executive editor of Natural History and a science writer based in Alexandria, Virginia.

Devin Reese

Paleontology

What’s Creating These Mysterious Seafloor Hexagons?

David Nield has written about science and technology for more than 20 years. His work has appeared in a wide range of publications, including Wired, Popular Science, The Guardian, and Gizmodo.

David Nield

Astronomy

After an 8-Year Journey, Orbiters Are About to Give Us a Fresh Look at Mercury

Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano is a Research Fellow for Future Issues and Technology at Nanyang Technological University.

Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano

Dayana Alagirova is a Ph.D. Student in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Dayana Alagirova

Margaret E. Kosal is a Professor of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology.

Margaret E. Kosal

Many Space Missions Are Searching for Life Beyond Earth—But Are We Prepared for the Fallout If They Succeed?

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<div class="individual-author">Chris Woolston is a largely unsupervised freelance writer who lives in Billings, Montana.</div>
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