Science

Play and art engage all of our senses and enhance attention. The post To Supercharge Learning, Look to Play appeared first on Nautilus ....

Individual behavior patterns may skew studies. A "STRANGE" new approach could help. The post Animal Personalities Can Trip Up Science, But There's a Solution appeared first on Nautilus ....

A vulva by any other name ... causes confusion and unnecessary suffering. The post Why Doctors Can't Name Female Anatomy appeared first on Nautilus ....

The series of fortunate astrophysical events that gave us Ceres. The post The Dwarf Planet on Our Doorstep appeared first on Nautilus ....

One question for Christopher Timmermann, a cognitive neuroscientist at Imperial College London. The post What Happens to My Brain on the Psychedelic DMT? appeared first on Nautilus ....

The intrepid travelers are widely dispersed despite their sedentary lifestyle. The post How Snails Cross Vast Oceans appeared first on Nautilus ....

Cosmologists are using secondary signatures from the cosmic microwave background to map the universe's hidden matter. The post Shadows in the Big Bang Afterglow Reveal Invisible Cosmic Structures appeared first on Nautilus ....

A positive spin on our past can help inure us against pain. The post The Lasting Power of Good Memories appeared first on Nautilus ....

Without some downtime, artificial neural networks become catastrophically forgetful. The post Even Machine Brains Need Sleep appeared first on Nautilus ....

James Dewar, the creator of cordite, likely helped win World War I. But why never a Nobel? The post The Explosive Chemist Who Invented Smokeless Gunpowder appeared first on Nautilus ....

An artwork, sculpted with science, defines our times. The post The Enemy Made Visible appeared first on Nautilus ....

Nuclear winter is just the beginning. The post What Nuclear War Means for the Ocean appeared first on Nautilus ....

Your brain is not the root of cognition. The post What Plants Are Saying About Us appeared first on Nautilus ....

One question for Jillian Scudder, astrophysicist and author of "The Milky Way Smells of Rum & Raspberries." The post How Will the Universe Evolve? appeared first on Nautilus ....

A parasite infection can make a leader of the pack—or a dead wolf. The post What Makes Us Bold appeared first on Nautilus ....

Richard Feynman's path integral is both a powerful prediction machine and a philosophy about how the world is. But physicists are still struggling to figure out how to use it, and what it means. The post How Our Reality May Be a Sum of All Possible Re...

A universe of microbes is melting with Arctic ice—with consequences for us all. The post The Secret Life of the North Pole appeared first on Nautilus ....

We are formed by more than DNA. Meet the bioelectric code. The post The Body Electric appeared first on Nautilus ....

A chemist and educational activist on helping Black girls believe in themselves. The post Cultivating Joy in Science appeared first on Nautilus ....

One question for Ralph Chami, assistant director at the International Monetary Fund. The post How Much Is a Living Elephant Worth? appeared first on Nautilus ....

An evolutionary biologist on the harm still being done by unsubstantiated beliefs. The post The Misguided History of Racial Medicine appeared first on Nautilus ....

In neutron stars, astrophysicists see a form of matter like none other. The post Giant Zombie Atoms of the Cosmos appeared first on Nautilus ....

In a work of fiction, holograms and memory collide. The post The Ghostwriter appeared first on Nautilus ....

One question for Matthew Birkhold, author of "Chasing Icebergs: How Frozen Freshwater Can Save the Planet." The post Is Earth Running Out of Freshwater? appeared first on Nautilus ....

For the month of February, the Nautilus Marketing Team will feature interviews with organizations and institutions working to increase opportunities for young Black people to imagine and succeed in STEM career paths—and we'll donate 10 percent o...

Representation of Black women in medicine remains stuck in the 1800s. The post Where Are the Black Female Doctors? appeared first on Nautilus ....

The time is now to prepare for the cosmic object that could spell our end. The post Humans Could Go the Way of the Dinosaurs appeared first on Nautilus ....

Why Black people are poorly represented in neuroimaging studies—and how science can do better. The post Neuroscience Has a Race Problem appeared first on Nautilus ....

Wilbur Walters' mission: To use the platform of STEM to transform communities. The post Why Science Needs Diversity appeared first on Nautilus ....

The failure to produce an artificial heart is a testament to the wizardry of nature. The post If Technology Only Had a Heart appeared first on Nautilus ....

One question for Brad Ringeisen, a chemist and executive director of the Innovative Genomics Institute. The post Will CRISPR Cure Cancer? appeared first on Nautilus ....

Issue 47 of the Nautilus print edition combines some of the best content from our November and December 2022 issues. It includes contributions from paleoclimatologist Summer Praetorius, science writer Katharine Gammon, astrobiologist Caleb Scharf, and mor...

"Liquid" neural nets, based on a worm's nervous system, can transform their underlying algorithms on the fly, giving them unprecedented speed and adaptability. The post Researchers Discover a More Flexible Approach to Machine Learning appeared...

A cognitive scientist on the pleasures of generative image programs. The post How AI Can Prompt Your Inner Artist appeared first on Nautilus ....

Giving Earth an antacid could help slow climate change—but it's complicated. The post How Seawater Might Soak Up More Carbon appeared first on Nautilus ....

Why dirt on the moon (and Mars) would be dangerous to live with. The post The Moon Smells Like Gunpowder appeared first on Nautilus ....

One question for Miguel Aragon, a computational physicist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. The post What Makes the Milky Way Special? appeared first on Nautilus ....

The quest to detect neutrinos has physicists—and society—asking hard questions. The post What Is Scientific Discovery Worth? appeared first on Nautilus ....

A relationship story. The post The Algae That Might Save Earth's Coral Reefs appeared first on Nautilus ....

What we can learn from a Martian dust devil—and the sounds of other planets. The post Hear the Wind on Mars appeared first on Nautilus ....

A juxtaposition of science and life, in the editor's note from Print Issue 47. The post Lost Worlds appeared first on Nautilus ....

One question for Jon Rueda, a doctoral student in moral philosophy at the University of Granada. The post Can AI Help Us Be Better People? appeared first on Nautilus ....

My journey to meet the people herding frozen leviathans on the maritime frontier. The post The Iceberg Cowboys Who Wrangle the Purest Water on Earth appeared first on Nautilus ....

A recently identified stage of sleep common to narcoleptics is a fertile source of creativity. The post Narcoleptic Naps are a Creative Sweet Spot appeared first on Nautilus ....

Extraterrestrial life doesn't need to be intelligent to be worth finding. The post New Telescopes Will Help Us SETL appeared first on Nautilus ....

Father Time is ticking away in our DNA. The post The Universal Clock of Aging appeared first on Nautilus ....

One question for Thomas Nicholas, a computational plasma physicist and former fusion researcher who now studies climate science at Columbia University. The post When Will Fusion Energy Light Our Homes? appeared first on Nautilus ....

Two Jackson Wild fellows on what we can learn from the birds. The post Encouraging Conservation Through Communication appeared first on Nautilus ....

Tiny genetic sequences in a mother's bacteria seem to hop into the infant's bacteria, perhaps ensuring a healthy microbiome later in life. The post Mobile Genes From the Mother Shape the Baby's Microbiome appeared first on Nautilus ....

A reef off the coast of Honduras should be a disaster. Instead it's thriving. The post The Mystery of the Healthy Coral Reef appeared first on Nautilus ....