Andrew Paul

Staff Writer

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Andrew Paul is Popular Science‘s staff writer focused primarily on tech, AI, physics, and culture news. He was previously a regular contributor to The A.V. Club and Input, and has been featured by Rolling Stone, Fangoria, GQ, Slate, NBC, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and elsewhere. He lives outside Indianapolis.

Notable Works

Utopian 'city of yesterday' project has all the land it needs
Popular Science
Kimbal Musk: People's Obsession with Wealth is 'Boring'
Input
10 Years' Later, We're All Still Stuck Aboard 'Mr. Bones' Wild Ride'
MEL
Will Climate Change Kill Bigfoot?
The Outline
(((Echo Chamber))) Newsletter
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$The fracture of BG1.12 is shown in various views (A–F). The skull fracture in this specimen starts at the anterior part of the frontal bone and extends diagonally to the sagittal border of the left parietal bone (G). Credit: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology (2025). DOI: 10.1002/oa.3415$

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Ancient Greek inscriptions point to the ‘Sanctuary of Odysseus’ Ancient Greek inscriptions point to the ‘Sanctuary of Odysseus’

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