If an earthquake now hits India or Iran, like in 2001 and 2003, respectively, killing over 20,000 people in each country—or if we… | Continue reading
How many people could die from a novel coronavirus infection? Of course, no one knows. But just before anyone had a hint of COVID-19,… | Continue reading
During the Spanish flu of 1918, it was Vick’s VapoRub. During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, it was canned food. Now, as the number… | Continue reading
This essay is not about the coronavirus pandemic. It first appeared in Nautilus in 2015 in our “Scaling” issue. But its thesis… | Continue reading
In 2007, when touchscreens first started coming on the scene, I was excited, like everyone. As a lifelong science-fiction fan, they… | Continue reading
Colonel John Boyd was a legendary fighter pilot with the United States Air Force. As an instructor at the prestigious Fighter Weapons… | Continue reading
Isolation can be toxic. Let’s reduce physical distance while staying connected.Illustration by Tartila / ShutterstockAmid all… | Continue reading
In 2007, when touchscreens first started coming on the scene, I was excited, like everyone. As a lifelong science-fiction fan, they… | Continue reading
The time it took Moderna Therapeutics to develop and prepare a vaccine for the novel coronavirus (pictured above, with its spike protein… | Continue reading
In 2007, when touchscreens first started coming on the scene, I was excited, like everyone. As a lifelong science-fiction fan, they… | Continue reading
During the Spanish flu of 1918, it was Vick’s VapoRub. During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, it was canned food. Now, as the number… | Continue reading
Colonel John Boyd was a legendary fighter pilot with the United States Air Force. As an instructor at the prestigious Fighter Weapons… | Continue reading
How many people could die from a novel coronavirus infection? Of course, no one knows. But just before anyone had a hint of COVID-19,… | Continue reading
What is certain is that if, when the dust settles, we can look back at all the “panic” about this pandemic and laugh at ourselves,… | Continue reading
What is certain is that if, when the dust settles, we can look back at all the “panic” about this pandemic and laugh at ourselves,… | Continue reading
“The funny thing about life is that it’s temporary; that is to say, temporary in the ‘temporal’ sense of the word, meaning… | Continue reading
It is no mystery why pandemics happen. Those with the knowledge, wisdom, and resources must choose to decide to avoid these disasters… | Continue reading
Hospitals in the U.S. are above 90 percent capacity without any considerations for COVID-19 demands. According the planners of Event… | Continue reading
Hospitals in the U.S. are above 90 percent capacity without any considerations for COVID-19 demands. According the planners of Event… | Continue reading
It is no mystery why pandemics happen. Those with the knowledge, wisdom, and resources must choose to decide to avoid these disasters… | Continue reading
Dennis Carroll doesn’t mean to sound callous when he says the coronavirus outbreak was predictable. And he doesn’t. He sounds… | Continue reading
Psychologists studying reasoning extensively rely on logic and philosophy, and neglect psychology’s more natural ally: biology.Photograph… | Continue reading
Psychologists studying reasoning extensively rely on logic and philosophy, and neglect psychology’s more natural ally: biology.Photograph… | Continue reading
Quantum mechanics isn’t rocket science. But it’s well on the way to take the place of rocket science as the go-to metaphor for… | Continue reading
“The funny thing about life is that it’s temporary; that is to say, temporary in the ‘temporal’ sense of the word, meaning… | Continue reading
You’ve probably met people who are experts at mastering their emotions and understanding the emotions of others. When all hell breaks… | Continue reading
Quantum mechanics isn’t rocket science. But it’s well on the way to take the place of rocket science as the go-to metaphor for… | Continue reading
Dennis Carroll doesn’t mean to sound callous when he says the coronavirus outbreak was predictable. And he doesn’t. He sounds… | Continue reading
Our reign as sole understanders of the cosmos is rapidly coming to an end. We should not be afraid of this. The revolution that has… | Continue reading
Skin may seem like a superficial human attribute, but it’s the first thing we notice about anyone we meet. Nina Jablonski came to… | Continue reading
Eugene Schieffelin was the eccentric ornithologist who in 1890 shipped 60 starlings from London to New York City and set them free… | Continue reading
When Ernest Sternglass walked up the steps at 112 Mercer Street in April 1947, he knew it would not be a normal day. Like a church… | Continue reading
People soon might be able to identify career options that truly fit their personality traits and values, based on the digital traces… | Continue reading
People soon might be able to identify career options that truly fit their personality traits and values, based on the digital traces… | Continue reading
People soon might be able to identify career options that truly fit their personality traits and values, based on the digital traces… | Continue reading
On July 15, 2019, after a court decision had cleared the way for astronomers to build a new mega-telescope, called the Thirty Meter… | Continue reading
On July 15, 2019, after a court decision had cleared the way for astronomers to build a new mega-telescope, called the Thirty Meter… | Continue reading
Our reign as sole understanders of the cosmos is rapidly coming to an end. We should not be afraid of this. The revolution that has… | Continue reading
Eugene Schieffelin was the eccentric ornithologist who in 1890 shipped 60 starlings from London to New York City and set them free… | Continue reading
On July 15, 2019, after a court decision had cleared the way for astronomers to build a new mega-telescope, called the Thirty Meter… | Continue reading
Our reign as sole understanders of the cosmos is rapidly coming to an end. We should not be afraid of this. The revolution that has… | Continue reading
Eugene Schieffelin was the eccentric ornithologist who in 1890 shipped 60 starlings from London to New York City and set them free… | Continue reading
In the first book of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, The Golden Compass, Lord Asriel (played by James McAvoy in HBO’s… | Continue reading
In the first book of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, The Golden Compass, Lord Asriel (played by James McAvoy in HBO’s… | Continue reading
In the first book of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, The Golden Compass, Lord Asriel (played by James McAvoy in HBO’s… | Continue reading
The nature of consciousness seems to be unique among scientific puzzles. Not only do neuroscientists have no fundamental explanation… | Continue reading
Freeman Dyson passed away on Friday, Feb. 28, at age 96. The scientist looked back on his storied career with Nautilus in 2016.One… | Continue reading
The great mystery of consciousness is why matter lights up with felt experience. After all, we are composed of particles indistinguishable… | Continue reading