The Surprising Benefits of Giving Up
The Surprising Benefits of Giving Up: Ditching or adjusting goals in the face of adversity might often be the best thing for us.| Nautilus
The Surprising Benefits of Giving Up: Ditching or adjusting goals in the face of adversity might often be the best thing for us.| Nautilus
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The science of bacteria in the atmosphere is getting its moment in the sun.| Nautilus
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Watch My Skeleton Dance: Participating in an observational study on low back pain did not preclude this subject from spooky shenanigans.| Nautilus
A new wave of experimental therapy is enlisting MDMA in relationship counseling.| Nautilus
His dream of feeding the world died in prison. His dream of a seed bank lives on.| Nautilus
Ferris Jabr’s 3 greatest revelations while writing his book, Becoming Earth.| Nautilus
Should We Bring the Dead Back to Life? Recently “griefbots” have become common, allowing people to chat with simulations of dead loved ones.| Nautilus
Even if a leading theory of consciousness is wrong, it can still be useful to science.| Nautilus
Neuroscience is weighing in on physics’ biggest questions.| Nautilus
AI could help us understand what whales are saying. But should we talk back?| Nautilus
What makes pre-trained AI models so impressive—and potentially harmful.| Nautilus
That song stuck in your head is your brain doing its work.| Nautilus
The storied career of the centenarian and acoustician, Leo Beranek.| Nautilus
Scientist and soprano Haruka Kondo is determined to strip away the mystery behind a successful vocal performance.| Nautilus
If you want to know what it takes to succeed in science, head to the Nobel Prize ceremony.| Nautilus
A new history of the race to decipher DNA reveals Shakespearean plots of scheming.| Nautilus
DNA’s Death Notice: See original manuscripts, photos, and jokes from luminaries like Rosalind Franklin, Aaron Klug, and Linus Pauling| Nautilus
Just ask this religious scholar who took 73 high-dose LSD trips.| Nautilus
What’s the price of a sacred plant?| Nautilus
A radical theory that pagan cults gave rise to early Christianity.| Nautilus
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Len Howard opened her cottage—and our eyes—to the birds| Nautilus
Cathedrals, seed banks, and oaks: How to live in times of change.| Nautilus
The closest I ever got to flying with the birds was on the ground.| Nautilus
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Amanda Gefter talks about the exhausting and thrilling decade she spent writing about lost genius Peter Putnam| Nautilus
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The real winner in the battle between two leading theories of consciousness was science itself| Nautilus
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Sci-fi master Adrian Tchaikovsky on evolution, other minds, and the politics of science| Nautilus
The forgotten janitor who discovered the logic of the mind| Nautilus
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A new AI system alerts ship captains in real-time when a whale is in their path| Nautilus
Audio Feature: The Puzzle of Free Will| Nautilus
Tesla’s Pigeon| Nautilus
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The only way to make sense of our self is to expand it| Nautilus
The idea that mysterious stuff speeds up the acceleration of the universe could be a big mistake| Nautilus
The Kinship Issue| Nautilus
Why are we here? Is there life on other planets? The renowned scientists who share a name share their answers to life’s big questions.| Nautilus
The language we share with plants—and all life under the sun.| Nautilus
A visit with evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant.| Nautilus
I paddled my surfboard into a caramel-colored sea off a beach in Brazil, hoping to catch a wave with its own individual rights.| Nautilus
How friendship with long-dead thinkers can help us live better.| Nautilus
Did autumn reds and yellows evolve to repel insects?| Nautilus
Living with a Papua New Guinea tribe in the ’80s presented this anthropologist with a question for today.| Nautilus
Changing the narrative on false memories might be surprisingly simple.| Nautilus
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Earth's most distant space probes prepare for their inevitable long night.| Nautilus
Alan Lightman’s three greatest revelations while writing The Miraculous from the Material.| Nautilus
How Neanderthals Kept Our Ancestors Warm| Nautilus
Once lost in scientific obscurity, bacteriophage therapy is making a comeback.| Nautilus
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Scientists have long puzzled over the behavior of mixed particles in rivers and landslides. New clues could be groundbreaking.| Nautilus
How cyanobacteria killed one climate and created our habitable Earth.| Nautilus
The blunt impact of ocean pollution, in one photograph.| Nautilus
Three Earth plants will soon make a new home on the lunar surface.| Nautilus
The Ocean Apocalypse Is Upon Us, Maybe| Nautilus
The Reality Issue| Nautilus
The secret sauce is the real world.| Nautilus
A scientist tells us how her field instills timefulness.| Nautilus
After Einstein explained gravity as a consequence of curved spacetime, he tried to explain matter the same way.| Nautilus
100 years ago, a circle of physicists shook the foundation of science. It’s still trembling.| Nautilus
How we learned to sort true from false in medicine.| Nautilus
The thought experiments illuminating black holes and other scientific problems.| Nautilus
New evidence suggests the corvid family has surprising mental abilities.| Nautilus
