One US county is home to nearly a third of all known bee species. Researchers need help documenting them. The post Where the Wild Bees Are appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
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An interview with the documentary filmmaker who has spotlighted the deadly ocean collisions. The post Why Ships Kill Thousands of Whales Every Year appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
New evidence suggests electric stoves are better for people and the planet. The post The Case Against Cooking with Gas appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
600 million years ago, the sea sponge had a dream. The post Where Did the Brain Come From? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
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How a soft-bodied machine uses physical intelligence to navigate. The post The Wisdom of a Brainless Robot appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
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How understanding Earth’s deep past can lead us into our radically altered future. The post What the Earth Knows appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Science is coming after people who don’t give a @#$% about sidewalks. The post Pick Up Your Dog’s Poop or Else! appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Scientists solve a long-standing mystery in Bavaria. The post The Paradox of the Radioactive Boars appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
What a 300,000-year-old throwing stick reveals about our near-human ancestors. The post A New Look at One of the Oldest Weapons appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
New results break with decades of conventional wisdom for the gradient descent algorithm. The post Risky Giant Steps Can Solve Optimization Problems Faster appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
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When science is a source of spirituality in people’s lives, they feel happy and engaged. The post The Holiness in Reality appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Spikes in alopecia puzzle scientists—and may be a symptom of ecological disruption. The post Why Are Marine Mammals Losing Their Hair? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Scientists monitoring emperor penguins in Antarctica recorded an unprecedented tragedy. The post Thousands of Penguin Chicks Lost at Sea appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Why we need to study the microbiology of disasters. The post The Invisible Impacts of Calamities appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
A young scientist’s quest to transform a dying way of life. The post The Last of the Fungus appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Francoise Barre-Sinoussi on her Nobel Prize-winning discovery of the viral origins of AIDS, the emotional toll of her work, and her relationship with doubt. The post Why a Scientist Must Always Doubt appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
The spot-on imitations of other birds by the Australian lyrebird exemplify what Darwin missed about female birdsong. The post Call of the Liar appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Many people around the world fear spiders. But in the Philippines, the tradition of spider wrestling often brings people and arachnids in close proximity. The post What Spider Games Say About Arachnophobia appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
For a half century, mathematicians have tried to define the exact circumstances under which a black hole is destined to exist. The post Math Proof Draws New Boundaries Around Black Hole Formation appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
A social psychologist on how Trump’s speech links to the Jan. 6 attack. The post Trump’s Role in the Capitol Riot appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
On Sunday, October 9, Judith Racusin was 35,000 feet in the air, en route to a high-energy astrophysics conference, when the biggest cosmic explosion in history took place. “I landed, looked at my phone, and had dozens of messages,” said Racusin, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Godda … | Continue reading
The arXiv preprint service is trying to answer an age-old question. | Continue reading
New studies reinforce the hypothesis that grandmothers fostered our evolutionary success. | Continue reading
One question for Jennifer Carlson, a sociologist at the University of Arizona. | Continue reading
Today’s brain-computer interfaces perform medical miracles. Beyond the clinic is another story. | Continue reading
If only the 18th-century hoaxer could see his “Mechanical Turk” now. | Continue reading
Illegal fishing is too big a problem for humans to handle alone. | Continue reading
It’s time to admit quantum theory has reached a dead end. Can we please go back to the math? | Continue reading
Neuroscientists can now explore the “wild west” in our heads in incredible detail—a boon to medicine and understanding what makes us tick. | Continue reading
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A medicine that disrupts the DNA replication of cancer cells may be within reach. | Continue reading
This year’s winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics were driven by curiosity, skill, and tenacity. | Continue reading
The real meaning of near-death experiences. | Continue reading