This Microbe Challenges the Definition of Cellular Life
A tiny microbe discovered by accident challenges the definition of cellular life| Nautilus
A tiny microbe discovered by accident challenges the definition of cellular life| Nautilus
Our sense of smell may have evolved to detect danger, not beauty.| Nautilus
Lisa Gardiner on the 3 greatest revelations she had while writing Reefs of Time| Nautilus
Exotic ultra-compressed matter can look like pasta, among other things.| Nautilus
At small scales, gravity seems to blow up—but not if space becomes 1-D.| Nautilus
An interview with the documentary filmmaker who has spotlighted the deadly ocean collisions.| Nautilus
The human costs of faulty disaster warnings.| Nautilus
A neuroscientist reveals how to nurture authentic and flexible thinking| Nautilus
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Amanda Gefter talks about the exhausting and thrilling decade she spent writing about lost genius Peter Putnam| Nautilus
What I discovered about my dad and myself at the lab where his brain resides| Nautilus
The real winner in the battle between two leading theories of consciousness was science itself| Nautilus
AI-delivered evidence might be better at changing minds than you are| Nautilus
But are animal dictionaries enough to demystify the animal mind?| Nautilus
The author on writing his new book “Crossings,” about the environmental destruction of roads.| Nautilus
Sci-fi master Adrian Tchaikovsky on evolution, other minds, and the politics of science| Nautilus
The creation of stainless steel took equal parts metallurgy and perseverance.| Nautilus
The forgotten janitor who discovered the logic of the mind| Nautilus
Scientists are getting better at predicting marine heatwaves. But is it enough to save ecosystems and vulnerable species?| Nautilus
A TikTok experiment led me into a strange world of cyborg cockroaches, imposter fish, and the ethics of care| Nautilus
Two physicians get frank about uncertainty in medicine| Nautilus
Are the mysterious stars clues to one of the greatest mysteries in the universe?| Nautilus
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
What snakes, ferrets, and elephants are revealing about cancer resistance| Nautilus
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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Environment| Nautilus
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
Learning to appreciate the big picture.| Nautilus
High Mountains, Ancient Shells, and the Wonder of Deep Time| Nautilus
Welcome to The Porthole| Nautilus
What’s missing from a bold new prediction of rapid progress in artificial intelligence.| Nautilus
Recent studies show it wasn’t the climate that did them in.| Nautilus
A scientist’s first-hand account shows the world can tackle a global environmental crisis.| Nautilus
The magnificence of the continent that’s changing our world.| Nautilus
What we can learn from the history of maritime folk music.| Nautilus
Earth’s tremors can tweak your GPS coordinates.| Nautilus
An exciting new theory reconciles gravity and quantum physics. I think it’s wrong. But I may be too.| Nautilus
Harry’s psychotic delusions bring him cheer. His psychiatrist embraces them.| Nautilus
Exposing the damned lies of three science pioneers.| Nautilus
What would it take for artificial intelligence to make real progress?| Nautilus
