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Can "Dante's Inferno" Tell Us Something About Space Rocks?
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (532+ words) A conversation with an expert in geomythology about a wild idea 3: 00 PM CDT on June 18, 2026 I spoke with Burbery about the uses of geomythology, the power of the literary imagination, and what Dante may have gotten right. What inspired you…...
Science Is Political'and Spiritual
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (808+ words) Author and physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on the crisis in American science 9: 00 AM CDT on June 18, 2026 Physicist and cosmologist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein finished her latest book, The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie, shortly before the 2024 election. By…...
How to Dodge a Mountain Lion
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (122+ words) A new look at puma-human encounters in the mountains of California 1: 00 PM CDT on June 18, 2026 Kristen French is an associate editor at Nautilus. She has worked in science journalism since 2013, reporting and writing features and news for publications such as…...
In the Midst of Tornado Season, a Surprisingly Short History of Predicting Twisters
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (387+ words) A United States Army Lieutenant was the first to forecast the deadly storms in the late 1800s. Then he was told to stop. 4: 00 PM CDT on June 18, 2026 Last night was another summer evening disrupted by the specter of destructive storms in…...
Aliens Probably Have Consciousness
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (1126+ words) A conversation with a philosopher about extraterrestrial and machine minds 10: 00 AM CDT on June 17, 2026 Humans have a natural tendency to think that we occupy a special position in the universe, but modern science has repeatedly shown us that the opposite…...
If You're Counting on Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements to Prevent Fractures, Think Again
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (259+ words) A new in-depth analysis casts doubt on the popular supplements 6: 00 PM CDT on June 16, 2026 Of course, there are always supplements, like vitamin D and calcium, to strengthen your bones, right? Unfortunately, a new meta-review published in The BMJ has bad…...
Saving a Tiny Endangered Porpoise One Pixel at a Time
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (185+ words) Only a handful of vaquitas exist in the wild, but now one is preserved in unprecedented digital detail 5: 00 PM CDT on June 16, 2026 What does the Chinese black market have to do with the world's tiniest porpoise? Nothing and everything, it…...
The Nautilus Reading List of Books on Evolution
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (366+ words) Life sure has been some crazy journey 1: 00 PM CDT on June 16, 2026 Well, how did I get here?" That's a very good question, David Byrne. Lucky for you and Talking Heads fans old and new, Nautilus is here with 10 books that…...
Does This Protein Hold the Key to Differences in Aging Between Males and Females?
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (155+ words) It maintains the balance of the X chromosome 2: 00 PM CDT on June 16, 2026 It's these sex differences an international team of geneticists were interested in probing, so they bred mice deficient in SIRT7. Compared to males, females without SIRT7 show more DNA damage,…...
Does Cooperation Beat Cheating After All?
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (493+ words) A new view of the prisoner's dilemma 9: 00 AM CDT on June 16, 2026 Is it better to cooperate or to cheat? The prisoner's dilemma has long been used to understand everything from the behavior of competing microbes in a petri dish to…...