Rachel Nuwer

Contributing Writer

Latest Articles

Martin Picard’s Mitochondrial Theory of Mind

July 17, 2026

The biologist’s bold “energetic view of life” looks to the body’s strangest organelles as the link between cells, health, and mind and the foundation of our experience of being alive.

Mixing Is the Heartbeat of Deep Lakes. At Crater Lake, It’s Slowing Down.

November 14, 2025

The physics of mixing water layers — an interplay of wind, climate and more — makes lakes work. When it stops, impacts can ripple across an ecosystem.