When a Good Scientist Is the Wrong Source - Issue 102: Hidden Truths

Six weeks ago, a reporter, Nicholas Wade, published what seemed to be a blockbuster story, one that, if true, would expose the greatest… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

The Math of Living Things - Issue 102: Hidden Truths

It’s hard to argue with the famously authoritative Oxford English Dictionary, but its definition of physics as the “branch of… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 3 years ago

The Cancer Custodians - Issue 102: Hidden Truths

Part of Dennis Plenker’s daily job is growing cancer. And a variety of different ones, too.Depending on the day and the project,… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 3 years ago

When a Good Scientist Is the Wrong Source - Issue 102: Hidden Truths

Six weeks ago, a reporter, Nicholas Wade, published what seemed to be a blockbuster story, one that, if true, would expose the greatest… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 3 years ago

The End of Reductionism Could Be Nigh. Or Not. - Facts So Romantic

Quantum mechanics seems to have a problem with the order of time, which might signal the need for an entirely new type of law.Illustration… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

The End of Reductionism Could Be Nigh. Or Not. - Facts So Romantic

Quantum mechanics seems to have a problem with the order of time, which might signal the need for an entirely new type of law.Illustration… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 3 years ago

How to Talk Like a Physicist

Theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder, who probably is the smartest person on her block, has fun in her latest video skewering… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

Locker-Room Talk

When I first posted on social media about my new book, Father Figure: How to Be a Feminist Dad, some of my friends were confused.… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

Is the Universe Open-Ended? An intriguing proposal about what makes reality tick

One of my favorite albeit heavily paraphrased quotes from Albert Einstein is his assertion that the most incomprehensible thing about… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

My 3 Greatest Revelations - Issue 102: Hidden Truths

1 The “Dataome” Is HugeThe dataome is shorthand to describe all of the externalized information we generate in symbolic representations:… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

Is the Universe Open-Ended? - Issue 102: Hidden Truths

One of my favorite albeit heavily paraphrased quotes from Albert Einstein is his assertion that the most incomprehensible thing about… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

The History of Locker-Room Talk - Issue 102: Hidden Truths

When I first posted on social media about my new book, Father Figure: How to Be a Feminist Dad, some of my friends were confused.… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

My 3 Greatest Revelations - Issue 102: Hidden Truths

1 The “Dataome” Is HugeThe dataome is shorthand to describe all of the externalized information we generate in symbolic representations:… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 3 years ago

Is the Universe Open-Ended? - Issue 102: Hidden Truths

One of my favorite albeit heavily paraphrased quotes from Albert Einstein is his assertion that the most incomprehensible thing about… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 3 years ago

My Lab Uses Ultrasound to Stimulate Unconscious Patients - Facts So Romantic

Ultrasound can be a neuromodulator—to increase or decrease the likelihood that neurons will fire. Exactly how this works remains… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

We Already Know How to Stop SolarWinds-Like Hacks

Orion, a SolarWinds product, was designed to monitor the users’ networks to make sure they were functioning properly and, ironically,… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

Data Crunchers to the Rescue

The boy was only a month old but had developed the amount of health problems that other people don’t acquire in a lifetime. He was… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

The Case for Making Artificial Intelligence Conscious

People often ask me whether human-level artificial intelligence will eventually become conscious. My response is: Do you want it to… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

Our Little Life Is Rounded with Possibility

If you could soar high in the sky, as red kites often do in search of prey, and look down at the domain of all things known and yet… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

Data Crunchers to the Rescue - Issue 102: Hidden Truths

The boy was only a month old but had developed the amount of health problems that other people don’t acquire in a lifetime. He was… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 3 years ago

Do You Want AI to Be Conscious? - Issue 102: Hidden Truths

People often ask me whether human-level artificial intelligence will eventually become conscious. My response is: Do you want it to… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 3 years ago

Our Little Life Is Rounded with Possibility - Issue 102: Hidden Truths

If you could soar high in the sky, as red kites often do in search of prey, and look down at the domain of all things known and yet… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 3 years ago

Our Little Life Is Rounded with Possibility - Issue 102: Hidden Truths

If you could soar high in the sky, as red kites often do in search of prey, and look down at the domain of all things known and yet… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

Do You Want AI to Be Conscious? - Issue 102: Hidden Truths

People often ask me whether human-level artificial intelligence will eventually become conscious. My response is: Do you want it to… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

Data Crunchers to the Rescue - Issue 102: Hidden Truths

The boy was only a month old but had developed the amount of health problems that other people don’t acquire in a lifetime. He was… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

We Already Know How to Stop SolarWinds-Like Hacks - Facts So Romantic

Orion, a SolarWinds product, was designed to monitor the users’ networks to make sure they were functioning properly and, ironically,… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 3 years ago

We Already Know How to Stop SolarWinds-Like Hacks - Facts So Romantic

Orion, a SolarWinds product, was designed to monitor the users’ networks to make sure they were functioning properly and, ironically,… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

The “Lab Leak”: It’s Not Enough to Say Accidents Happen

So far no one has come up with any clear account of how a coronavirus escaped biosafety level 4 barriers. Photograph by MihasLi /… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

The “Lab Leak”: It’s Not Enough to Say Accidents Happen - Facts So Romantic

So far no one has come up with any clear account of how a coronavirus escaped biosafety level 4 barriers. Photograph by MihasLi /… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 3 years ago

The “Lab Leak”: It’s Not Enough to Say Accidents Happen - Facts So Romantic

So far no one has come up with any clear account of how a coronavirus escaped biosafety level 4 barriers. Photograph by MihasLi /… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

Tarzan Wasn’t for Her

Elaine Morgan had sass. In Descent of Woman, published in 1972, she asked her readers to take science into their own hands. “Try… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

How to Make Sense of Contradictory Science Papers

The science you can come across today can often appear to be full of contradictory claims. One study tells you red wine is good for… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

If Only 19th-Century America Had Listened to a Woman Scientist

Human-induced climate change may seem a purely modern phenomenon. Even in ancient Greece, however, people understood that human activities… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

If Only 19th-Century America Had Listened to a Woman Scientist - Issue 100: Outsiders

Human-induced climate change may seem a purely modern phenomenon. Even in ancient Greece, however, people understood that human activities… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

Tarzan Wasn’t for Her - Issue 100: Outsiders

Elaine Morgan had sass. In Descent of Woman, published in 1972, she asked her readers to take science into their own hands. “Try… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 3 years ago

If Only 19th-Century America Had Listened to a Woman Scientist - Issue 100: Outsiders

Human-induced climate change may seem a purely modern phenomenon. Even in ancient Greece, however, people understood that human activities… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 3 years ago

How to Make Sense of Contradictory Science Papers - Issue 100: Outsiders

The science you can come across today can often appear to be full of contradictory claims. One study tells you red wine is good for… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 3 years ago

Tarzan Wasn’t for Her - Issue 100: Outsiders

Elaine Morgan had sass. In Descent of Woman, published in 1972, she asked her readers to take science into their own hands. “Try… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

How to Make Sense of Contradictory Science Papers - Issue 100: Outsiders

The science you can come across today can often appear to be full of contradictory claims. One study tells you red wine is good for… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

Are We Cut Out for Universal Morality?

Footage of a mob storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an effort to subvert the legal and peaceful transfer of power, filled many… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

Taboos Can Help Protect the Oceans

In 1777—after whipping local people for trivial offenses, spreading venereal disease, and clumsily avoiding a plot to kill him—the… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

Why Misinformation Is About Who You Trust, Not What You Think

I can’t see them. Therefore they’re not real.” From which century was this quote drawn? Not a medieval one. The utterance emerged… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

Why Misinformation Is About Who You Trust, Not What You Think

I can’t see them. Therefore they’re not real.” From which century was this quote drawn? Not a medieval one. The utterance emerged… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

Are We Cut Out for Universal Morality? - Issue 100: Outsiders

Footage of a mob storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an effort to subvert the legal and peaceful transfer of power, filled many… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

Why Misinformation Is About Who You Trust, Not What You Think - Issue 100: Outsiders

I can’t see them. Therefore they’re not real.” From which century was this quote drawn? Not a medieval one. The utterance emerged… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

How Taboos Can Help Protect the Oceans - Issue 100: Outsiders

In 1777—after whipping local people for trivial offenses, spreading venereal disease, and clumsily avoiding a plot to kill him—the… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 3 years ago

Are We Cut Out for Universal Morality? - Issue 100: Outsiders

Footage of a mob storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an effort to subvert the legal and peaceful transfer of power, filled many… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 3 years ago

Why Misinformation Is About Who You Trust, Not What You Think - Issue 100: Outsiders

I can’t see them. Therefore they’re not real.” From which century was this quote drawn? Not a medieval one. The utterance emerged… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 3 years ago