The New Humans
Hubble Space Telescope view of the Westerlund 2 star cluster — NASA / ESA
Image · NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team (public domain)

About

A quiet record of how the human story is being rewritten in our time.

About the publication

The New Humans examines the ideas, discoveries, and technologies reshaping the human story. Blue Continuum follows that story outward, across the ocean, earth, and space that make life possible.

Together, they are a living exploration of humanity, science, and our place within the continuum of life itself.

Editorial mission

We will publish essays, briefings, interviews, visual stories, audio, video, salons, and quarterly print magazines. The goal is simple: to help thoughtful readers understand what is coming, why it matters, and how to live, build, invest, and lead with greater clarity.

Founding team

Felix Olale, MD, PhD
Founder & Executive Chairman

Felix Olale, MD, PhD

Physician-scientist, investor, and company builder working across healthcare, intelligence, and frontier science.

John Steele
Co-Founder & Managing Editor

John Steele

Deep experience in science media, editorial development, writers, art direction, and building serious intellectual platforms.

Advisory Council

An editorial and advisory board of scientists, artists, technologists, investors, ocean and space thinkers, and cultural leaders who help shape the platform’s editorial ambition, credibility, and reach.

Nicole Stott

Nicole Stott

Astronaut, aquanaut, artist

NASA veteran who logged 104 days in space across two missions to the International Space Station.

Matthew Modine

Matthew Modine

Actor, director, writer, activist

Award-winning artist and long-time advocate for science education and environmental action.

David Shaw

David Shaw

Impact Investor · Managing Partner, Black Point Group

Investor and strategist focused on science-driven systemic transformation.

Carlie Wiener

Carlie Wiener

Director of Communications, Schmidt Sciences

Science communications leader at one of the world's leading research foundations.

Gayil Nalls

Gayil Nalls

President, World Sensorium Conservancy

Artist and theorist whose work spans sensory experience, ecology, and collective memory.

Stuart Firestein

Stuart Firestein

Professor, Biological Sciences, Columbia University

Neuroscientist studying olfaction and the nature of scientific ignorance.

Vinicius Lindoso

Vinicius Lindoso

Strategic Media Consultant

Communications and public policy strategist with a decade in international environmental policy.

Nina Jensen

Nina Jensen

Former CEO, REV Ocean

One of the world's leading voices on ocean science, policy, and conservation.

Christina Korp

Christina Korp

Founder, Space for a Better World

Astronaut advocate and space industry strategist working to democratize access to space.

David Krakauer

David Krakauer

President, Santa Fe Institute

Complexity theorist studying the evolution of intelligence, adaptation, and information in living systems.

Contact

For editorial, partnership, sponsorship, contributor, advisory, or event inquiries, write to editor@thenewhumans.com.

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