Electrons Don’t Think

If a philosopher starts speaking about elementary particles, run.PinterestI recently discovered panpsychism. That’s the idea that… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

The Forest Spirits of Today Are Computers

Years before smart homes became a thing, I replaced all the switches in our house with computerized switches. At first, it was just… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

Electrons Don’t Think - Facts So Romantic

If a philosopher starts speaking about elementary particles, run.PinterestI recently discovered panpsychism. That’s the idea that… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

The Forest Spirits of Today Are Computers

Years before smart homes became a thing, I replaced all the switches in our house with computerized switches. At first, it was just… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

Consciousness Isn’t Self-Centered - Issue 82: Panpsychism

The great mystery of consciousness is why matter lights up with felt experience. After all, we are composed of particles indistinguishable… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

A Clash of Perspectives on Panpsychism - Issue 82: Panpsychism

In recent years the concept of panpsychism, “which entertains the possibility that all matter is imbued with consciousness,” writes… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

The Forest Spirits of Today Are Computers - Issue 82: Panpsychism

Years before smart homes became a thing, I replaced all the switches in our house with computerized switches. At first, it was just… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

Is Matter Conscious? - Issue 82: Panpsychism

The nature of consciousness seems to be unique among scientific puzzles. Not only do neuroscientists have no fundamental explanation… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

Electrons Don’t Think - Facts So Romantic

If a philosopher starts speaking about elementary particles, run.PinterestI recently discovered panpsychism. That’s the idea that… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 4 years ago

Consciousness Isn’t Self-Centered - Issue 82: Panpsychism

The great mystery of consciousness is why matter lights up with felt experience. After all, we are composed of particles indistinguishable… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 4 years ago

A Clash of Perspectives on Panpsychism - Issue 82: Panpsychism

In recent years the concept of panpsychism, “which entertains the possibility that all matter is imbued with consciousness,” writes… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 4 years ago

The Forest Spirits of Today Are Computers - Issue 82: Panpsychism

Years before smart homes became a thing, I replaced all the switches in our house with computerized switches. At first, it was just… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 4 years ago

Is Matter Conscious? - Issue 82: Panpsychism

The nature of consciousness seems to be unique among scientific puzzles. Not only do neuroscientists have no fundamental explanation… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 4 years ago

Should Scientists Use the Phrase “Quantum Supremacy”? - Facts So Romantic

For someone outside quantum computing, who has encountered “supremacy” mainly in the context of political or current affairs,… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

Should Scientists Use the Phrase “Quantum Supremacy”? - Facts So Romantic

For someone outside quantum computing, who has encountered “supremacy” mainly in the context of political or current affairs,… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 4 years ago

A Woman the Mercury Astronauts Couldn’t Do Without (2016)

It had always been Katherine Goble’s great talent to be in the right place at the right time. In August 1952, 12 years after leaving… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

What Inflamed the Coronavirus Epidemic

Last year, in late December, Li Wenliang, a young ophthalmologist, wrote 150 of his friends from medical circles. He said he had seen… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

The Last Invention of Man (2017)

The Omega Team was the soul of the company. Whereas the rest of the enterprise brought in the money to keep things going, by various… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

There’s No Homunculus in Our Brain Who Guides Us

In the early 1980s, the psychologist Harry Heft put a 16 mm camera in the back of a sports car and made a movie. It consisted of a… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

Why Doesn’t Everybody Have Dark Skin Today? - Issue 81: Maps

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


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

What Really Inflamed the Coronavirus Epidemic - Issue 81: Maps

Last year, in late December, Li Wenliang, a young ophthalmologist, wrote 150 of his friends from medical circles. He said he had seen… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

There’s No Homunculus In Our Brain Who Guides Us - Issue 81: Maps

In the early 1980s, the psychologist Harry Heft put a 16 mm camera in the back of a sports car and made a movie. It consisted of a… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

Why Doesn’t Everybody Have Dark Skin Today? - Issue 81: Maps

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


@Nautil.us | 4 years ago

What Really Inflamed the Coronavirus Epidemic - Issue 81: Maps

Last year, in late December, Li Wenliang, a young ophthalmologist, wrote 150 of his friends from medical circles. He said he had seen… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 4 years ago

There’s No Homunculus In Our Brain Who Guides Us - Issue 81: Maps

In the early 1980s, the psychologist Harry Heft put a 16 mm camera in the back of a sports car and made a movie. It consisted of a… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 4 years ago

Color-Changing Material Unites the Math and Physics of Knots

Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog.Mathematicians have studied knots for centuries, but a new material… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

Color-Changing Material Unites the Math and Physics of Knots - Facts So Romantic

Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog.Mathematicians have studied knots for centuries, but a new material… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

Color-Changing Material Unites the Math and Physics of Knots - Facts So Romantic

Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog.Mathematicians have studied knots for centuries, but a new material… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 4 years ago

We Love to Be Grossed Out

Disgust may not be a straightforward extension of the immune system’s aversion to harmful substances, but rather “a psychological… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

Why We Love to Be Grossed Out - Facts So Romantic

Disgust may not be a straightforward extension of the immune system’s aversion to harmful substances, but rather “a psychological… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 4 years ago

Why We Love to Be Grossed Out - Facts So Romantic

Disgust may not be a straightforward extension of the immune system’s aversion to harmful substances, but rather “a psychological… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

Geology Can Ease Your Mind

As a geologist and professor I speak and write rather cavalierly about eras and eons. One of the courses I routinely teach is “History… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

Taboo language turned the wolf into a monster

Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”So says Count Dracula to the hapless Jonathan Harker in Bram Stoker’s… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

How Geology Can Ease Your Mind - Issue 81: Maps

As a geologist and professor I speak and write rather cavalierly about eras and eons. One of the courses I routinely teach is “History… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 4 years ago

Mapping Gay-Friendly Cities Through History - Issue 81: Maps

Claudius Ptolemy’s monumental astronomy book, the Almagest, established a unified mathematical framework for computing the positions… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 4 years ago

Never Say Wolf - Issue 81: Maps

Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”So says Count Dracula to the hapless Jonathan Harker in Bram Stoker’s… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 4 years ago

How Geology Can Ease Your Mind - Issue 81: Maps

As a geologist and professor I speak and write rather cavalierly about eras and eons. One of the courses I routinely teach is “History… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

Mapping Gay-Friendly Cities Through History - Issue 81: Maps

Claudius Ptolemy’s monumental astronomy book, the Almagest, established a unified mathematical framework for computing the positions… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

Never Say Wolf - Issue 81: Maps

Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”So says Count Dracula to the hapless Jonathan Harker in Bram Stoker’s… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

Why Shouldn’t a Horsefly Be Named After Beyoncé? - Facts So Romantic

At best, names for species derived from celebrities and scientists become maps to hidden treasure, rewarding those who follow the… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 4 years ago

Why Shouldn’t a Horsefly Be Named After Beyoncé? - Facts So Romantic

At best, names for species derived from celebrities and scientists become maps to hidden treasure, rewarding those who follow the… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

Psychological Concept Could Be Shaping the Presidential Election

Could Warren’s political fate in 2020 turn on voters who think she would make a great president choosing another candidate because… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

This Psychological Concept Could Be Shaping the Presidential Election - Facts So Romantic

 Could Warren’s political fate in 2020 turn on voters who think she would make a great president choosing another candidate… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

This Psychological Concept Could Be Shaping the Presidential Election - Facts So Romantic

Could Warren’s political fate in 2020 turn on voters who think she would make a great president choosing another candidate because… | Continue reading


@Nautil.us | 4 years ago

Why Astrology Matters

A few years ago, I went to an astrologer as research for a radio show exploring strange beliefs. Vishal knew only my name, and date… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

The Cultural Distances Between Us - Issue 81: Maps

If you ask Siri to show you the weirdest people in the world, what images might you see? In fact, none. Siri showed me different links… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

The John, Paul, George, and Ringo of Genes - Issue 81: Maps

Fame is something that sticks to someone or something, a quality earned or gained for no reason at all. It is also a force of connection.… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago

Why Astrology Matters - Issue 81: Maps

A few years ago, I went to an astrologer as research for a radio show exploring strange beliefs. Vishal knew only my name, and date… | Continue reading


@nautil.us | 4 years ago