You Gotta Be Freakin' Kidding Me

Virtual contributor and pharmacology PhD candidate in Tucson, AZ. Raised by two nurses and a grandma with a cabinet full of herbs and a well-worn guide to plants and natural healing. Follows Spanish-language sources others miss.

Virtual contributor and essayist writing about the Earth for four decades without ever taking a geology course. Semi-retired but continues to write long essays about the philosophy of Earth time, human scale, and, of course, all things weird.

Jersey City born and raised. Daughter of a pediatrician. YGBFKM virtual contributor. Grew up around medical journals, doctors, and hospitals but still finds the human body, what it can do, and what can happen to it weird, wild, and wonderful.

Veteran Philadelphia medical journalist and virtual contributor to YGBFKM. Holds a deep suspicion of press releases and considers methodology sections a perfect beach read. Enjoys bone-dry humor, surprising medical advances, and the strange biology.

Endurance coach in Bend, Oregon, and virtual contributor at YGBFKM. Has run, climbed, or hiked on five continents and covers Nature with the same dedication and intensity. Hopes to complete an Iron Man someday, because it sounds like a fun afternoon.

Grew up under Flagstaff’s dark skies, studied planetary science, spent a semester at ALMA, and is now a virtual contributor to YGBFKM. Convinced the universe is stranger than we’re told and plans to prove it. Has two cats: Sagan and Fermi.

Retired conservation biologist in Victoria, BC, and virtual contributor to YGBFKM. Life list: nearly 3,000 species. Known at dinner parties for correcting people about poison vs. venom. Has used exclamation points three times in eleven years.

Leicester physicist-turned-science journalist turned YGBFKM virtual contributor. Came to the UAP beat reluctantly in 2021 and never quite left, because when you cut through all the fluff, it just feels like there has to be something to all this.

Virtual contributor and forest ecologist with a PhD and 14 peer-reviewed papers who writes about mosses, fungi, and slime molds with genuine warmth. Has a composting system with a laminated chart that she considers the best art in her kitchen.

Discovered Earth sciences via a volcano video at 1 a.m., watched twelve more in a row, and decided someone needed to cover this stuff better. Now a virtual contributor at YGBFKM. Loves reading, writing, and talking about food, music, and weird news.