New research hints that school cell phone bans may not be enough The post Even Owning a Cell Phone Is Bad for Kids’ Test Scores appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Breaking down the famous “Dunning-Kruger effect” with David Dunning himself The post Why We Think We Know More Than We Do appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
A new study reignites the global firestorm debate The post Dinosaurs May Have Been Literally Charbroiled After the Asteroid Impact appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Just a passing visit, but a dramatic one The post This Time-Lapse Video from the Psyche Spacecraft Shows Mars As You’ve Never Seen It Before appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Recently published notes from the former COVID czar paint a picture of a scientist grappling with a dynamic situation The post Anthony Fauci’s Diary Reveals a Human at the Helm appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Spoiler alert: The men ate more meat The post Pre-Roman Necropolis Reveals Secrets of Iron Age Mediterranean Diets appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
9 books we’re excited to read this August The post Omniscient Tree Networks, Immortal Amoebas, and Hope appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
A conversation with Nicholas Money, mycologist and author of A is for Amoeba The post The Humble Amoeba Is Smarter Than You Think appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Home burials declined throughout antiquity The post Why We Stopped Burying Our Dead at Home appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
As the moon starts getting crowded, questions of safety and responsibility are becoming hard to ignore The post An Abandoned SpaceX Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon. The Real Problem Comes Next appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Your patch of turf might have traveled farther than you think The post Where Was Your Backyard 145 Million Years Ago? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Paranthropus boisei footprints offer clues to their size and social dynamics The post Mysterious Human Relative Was Bigger Than Previously Thought appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Your destressers could actually be stressing you out The post Frequent Cannabis Use Linked to Higher Morning Stress Hormone Levels appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Genetics suggest they may be linked to certain forms of intelligence The post Why Do Psychiatric Disorders Persist in Humans? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Experts can now get a better look under the surface of vast glaciers The post Why an Icy Hummingbird Has Emerged in Antarctica appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
It’s a key step in saving them from extinction The post Koalas Are Getting a Vaccine to Help With Their STD Problem appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Surviving in the wild is no small feat for animals, especially ones like Jimothy, with rare conditions and yet he persevered to viral celebration, thanks to an adaptable brain and a caring mother The post Jimothy the Raccoon Survived Against the Odds, a Testament to Sophisticated … | Continue reading
Hallucination may have more to do with our shared brain chemistry with snails, insects, and sea urchins The post Psychedelics Might Not Have Evolved to Get Humans High appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Hidden genetic diversity may have given it an advantage The post How an Inbred Snake Invader Took Over an Island Paradise appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
A dark history that is in danger of returning as support for people with disabilities withers The post When Stupid Was a Diagnosis appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Sand ripples preserved for billions of years The post Does This Photo from the Curiosity Rover Prove an Intense Sandstorm on Mars? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
The previously unpublished short story reveals the playful and erotic side of the father of modern computing The post A Forgotten Literary Window Into the Personal Life of Alan Turing appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
The ocean giants deploy tiny solutions to counteract their own buoyancy The post How Do Sperm Whales Keep Their Massive, Wax-Filled Heads Beneath the Waves as They Sleep? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Viking 1 landed on Mars 50 years ago The post The Amazing Photos from NASA’s First-Ever Mars Lander appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
The volatile compound they emit induces temporary infertility in other females The post Mole Rat Queens Stink Their Way to Power appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Generations of parents have a new piece of scientific evidence to combat couchpotatoism The post Does Watching TV Really Rot Your Brain? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Our tales of AI developing the will to survive, commandeer resources, and manipulate people say more about us than they do about language models. The post Why Do We Tell Ourselves Scary Stories About AI? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
But why? The post Watch Orcas Play With (Read: Obliterate) Their Food appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
A new study looked at almost one million married couples and found dementia clustered among couples. Shared lifestyle doesn’t explain everything. The post Your Dementia Risk Is Higher If Your Spouse Has It—But It’s More Than Shared Lifestyle appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
It’s not as far as we thought, though The post Australia’s Greater Gliders Fly Majestically From Tree to Tree—And Now We Know Exactly How Far appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Contrary to popular belief, it had little to do with the dinosaur-killing asteroid The post How Tunas Evolved to Become an Apex Predator of the Sea appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Tracing the roots of diversity in the coveted fruit in Central America The post The Avocados That May Save Us from a Guacamole Apocalypse appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Mutualistic partnerships between species abound across nature—but it’s a tricky dance to make sure both parties keep pulling their weight The post Plants and Their Ants: When Flora and Fauna Team Up appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Increasingly scientists are testing chatbots rather than humans in experiments The post Why Are We Using Machines to Study Our Inner Lives? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
The Asian house shrew stowed away on routes of human commerce for millennia The post Record of Human Migration Hiding in the DNA of a Musky Rodent appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
The parasite has a long incubation period, which means affected people might not experience explosive diarrhea up to two weeks after exposure The post Why the Cyclospora Outbreak Is Hard to Pin Down: An Intimate Encounter appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
The worst since the Dust Bowl in some places The post It Was a Record-Breaking Year for Dust Storms appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Scientists in the 1960s thought the ecosystem was lifeless The post A “Dead” Coral Reef Found Thriving Off the Coast of Africa appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Millions of Southeast Asian songbirds are trapped and trafficked every year The post The Bird-Singing Contests That Are Fueling a Conservation Crisis appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Being able to both fly and swim isn’t easy—but the FAAV does it The post This Robot Can Flap Its Wings and Swim appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
The continuum of geometric intuition from people to other primates The post Monkeys Interpret Shapes Similarly to Humans appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Climate change is painting with an Adélie penguin palette on Antarctic ice floes The post What Satellite Photos of Penguin Poop Tell Us About Earth’s Health appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
How do they know to take a break during the winter? The post How Fruit Flies Tell What Time of Year It Is Without a Calendar appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
More than 800 wildfires are currently active The post Radar Map Shows Wildfires in Canada Blanketing the US with Smoke appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
This common dieting tip might be a myth The post Drinking Water With Meals May Make You Eat More, Not Less appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
These weren’t your traditional Disney princesses The post The Warrior Life of Ancient Egyptian Princesses appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
It’s a harrowing tale of deadly winters in Berlin captivity The post What Became of the Chimps Who Revolutionized Our Understanding of Animal Behavior? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
A Western diet is bad for us and bad for the planet The post How Eating Healthier Could Reshape Agriculture appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading