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Oregon fish and amphibians are surprisingly resilient The post The Stream Animals Thriving After a Megafire appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
A tasting boot camp appeared to boost people’s taste buds The post How to Taste More Intensely appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
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Science-inspired recipes to help you dine like our evolutionary cousins The post Eat Like a Neanderthal appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
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A new model of what went down in one of the Neanderthals’ last holdouts The post Did Humans or Climate Push the Neanderthals Over the Edge? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Study shows that parasitic mistletoe doesn’t hurt host trees in Oregon The post Is the Mistletoe That inspires Holiday Smooching A Menace to Trees? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Younger species of sharks and rays were more likely to die out The post What Does Evolutionary Age Have to Do with a Species’ Extinction? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
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New models suggest a celestial bypasser left us with the current orbital lineup The post Did a Rogue Planet Bring Order to Our Solar System? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Experimental psychologist Charles Spence on how our senses shape how we eat The post This Meal Might Bring You to Tears appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
It’s not the United States The post Which Country Is Most Narcissistic? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Unassuming ancient microbe communities are surprisingly skilled at storing away lots of carbon The post These “Living Rocks” Are Living It Up appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
“A bit like dinosaurs on Earth—they were enormous and primitive” The post Monster Stars Roamed the Cosmos at the Dawn of Time appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
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The Gaia telescope peeked through gas and dust to pick out the possible beginnings of new planets around infant stars The post These Baby Stars Have Mysterious Companions appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
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Sediment from a Roman military settlement revealed traces of parasites that trigger gastrointestinal distress, despite efforts to keep the ancient encampment clean The post Tiny Hints of Soldier Stomach Troubles in Roman Britain appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
How being food for other animals has made us into the humans we are today The post When We Were Lunch appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
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Food, food, food. Eat salmon, just not farmed. Wine is good for you. No, it’s not. Fasting boosts your immune system. Check that, it gives you migraines. Cottage cheese is the best protein. What do you mean you don’t like kale? It fights cancer. No, really, ice cream protects aga … | Continue reading
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Astronomers witnessed the aftermath of not one but two collisions in space The post Cosmic Collision Caught on Camera appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
The privilege of describing new species is skewed to Global Northerners The post Parachute Science Continues to Prevail in Global South Biodiversity Studies appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Mouse brains perform a clever mechanism to count their steps and keep them on track The post How Animals Navigate Darkness appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading