Did a colossal collision with a doomed planet give us our satellite? The post The Violent Birth of the Moon appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
My favorite readings for my students. The post 10 Timeless Papers That Challenged Our Thinking appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
The aurora sizzles with sound, and we can hear it on Earth. The post The Northern Lights Make Music appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Probing our sense of mystery and wonder. The post The Dark Side of Awe appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Issue 53 of the Nautilus print edition combines some of the best content from our November and December 2023 online issues. It includes contributions from award-winning science journalist Adam Piore, astrophysicist Paul M. Sutter, bestselling author Lucy Cooke, science journalist … | Continue reading
What Shark Tank pitches, Sundance films, and unusual sandwiches show us about our choices. The post Why We Reject New Ideas appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
There are five times as many beetle species as fish, reptile, bird, amphibian, and mammal species combined. The post Beetle Mania: The World’s Most Diverse Animal appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
What a trippy gravitational phenomenon can tell us about the universe. The post The Enlightening Beauty of an Einstein Ring appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Scientists can now study species in the deepest, darkest parts of the ocean. The post “It’s Like You’re a Space Explorer Encountering Aliens” appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Over a third of all species of trees on the planet may face extinction. The post Tropical Forests in Big Trouble appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
The music of the cosmos is stranger than you think. The post What Can We Hear in Space? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Our minds are being coerced in covert ways. The post Who Controls Your Thoughts? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
What we know about a mysterious condition called visual snow. The post Why I See Static Everywhere appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Where natural disasters are getting more deadly. The post The Landslide Problem appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
How faith can provide a psychological safety net. The post Thinking About God May Encourage Risk-Taking appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
When mitochondria stop communicating, the biological clock starts winding down. The post Cells Across the Body Talk to Each Other About Aging appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
In the near future, it may be the other way around. The post Creative AIs Depend on Creative Humans appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Ambition is not the problem. The post What Makes a Narcissist? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
You really can see the marine ecosystem in a grain of sand. The post Beaches Are Blankets of Fish Poop appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Five new places scientists have uncovered plastics. The post There’s Even Plastic in Clouds appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Could quantum mechanics hold the key? The post A Wild Idea to Solve the Mysteries of Black Holes appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Why scientists can’t quit chalk, even in the digital age. The post The Magic of the Blackboard appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Health experts are working out the right dose for you. The post How Much Nature Is Enough? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
NASA cosmic dust curator Marc Fries is here to explain. The post How to Find and Keep a Space Rock appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Why some of us are more susceptible to hypnotism than others. The post Are You Hypnotizable? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
The cultural forces that fueled our success now threaten to end it. The post Evolution Led Humans into a Trap appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
A century ago, the Stern-Gerlach experiment established the truth of quantum mechanics. Now it could build a bridge between the two pillars of modern physics. The post The Overlooked Experiment That Revealed the Quantum World appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
A remarkable tale of evolution. The post What You Don’t Know About Sperm appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
A new image of our solar system’s most volcanic body. The post Jupiter’s Io Gets a Close-Up appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Retired NASA astronaut Nicole Stott on her revelations from orbit. The post A Call to Action for Earthlings appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Specialized underwater photographers reveal secrets of the sea’s flamboyant babies. The post Night Swimming appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
What astronomers see in the light bouncing across the universe. The post The Echoes of Light appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
A poet invited people to share their climate fears. What she found surprised her. The post Tame Your Climate Anxiety in 2024 appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
When our sun expands into a giant red star, it might not devour its third planet, after all. The post Earth May Not Be Toast appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
A geological discovery shows how carbon was captured to chill the planet. The post How Earth Once Cooled Off appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Babies dig the beat, a new study shows, offering a cool insight into the origin of music. The post We Were Born to Groove appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
These are a few of our favorite things from 2023. The post The Most Beautiful Science of the Year appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
And that could be a good thing. The post We’re Biased Against AI-Made Art appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Recreating the past requires as much art and craft as science. The post A Day in the Life of a Fossil Preparator appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Where many see the death of reality on the Internet, this hacker-turned-Notre Dame professor sees communion. The post Stop Worrying About Deepfakes appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Psychedelic treatment is helping patients make difficult emotional breakthroughs. The post Will Psychedelics Replace Antidepressants? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
When expectations aren’t met, our brains spook us. The post Why We Sense Somebody Who Isn’t There appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Artists may jumble time for dramatic effect. But your unconscious is always putting the narrative in order. The post Your Brain Wants a Linear Story appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Forensic science comes to wildlife law enforcement. The post Tracking the Lion Poachers appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
It’s not absurd to think the universe might have an edge. The post Could the Universe Be Finite? appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Striking images of the planet, its volcanic moon Io and its trippy atmosphere. The post Hello, Jupiter! appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Surprising things happen when you give zoo animals control over the soundscape. The post I Know How the Caged Bird Jams appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading
Talking politics in a polarized society can get heated fast. Chatbots could help us keep our cool. The post AI Can Help Democracy appeared first on Nautilus. | Continue reading