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A Hymn Lost for a Millennium

AI helped piece together clay fragments to tell a new story of Babylon

July 7, 2025

Monumental Burial Mounds Rewrite Ancient History

The colossal structures, built by hunter-gatherers, are way older than archaeologists had thought possible

July 4, 2025

Leap of Faith

Lemur mothers are bold mountaineers when hunting for food

July 3, 2025

Is It Cake? How Our Brain Deciphers Materials

Neuroscientists are discovering how this basic ability, essential to our survival, works

July 3, 2025

Lefties Aren’t as Creative as We Thought

In fact, righties may have the edge, contrary to popular belief

July 3, 2025

The Nautilus Summer Reading List

10 of our favorite recent books

July 3, 2025

Cheese Might Haunt Our Dreams

Centuries-old wisdom may ring true on food-fueled nightmares

July 2, 2025

Gaming Cancer

How community science games could help cure disease

July 2, 2025

These Bees Are Tricksters

How nomad bee species rely on deceit to provide for their offspring

July 1, 2025

Saltier, Hotter Sea Springs a Leak in Ice Sheets

A surprising reversal at sea brings a big change

The Past Is a Ghost and the Future a Fantasy

This revelation allows us to live more fully

July 1, 2025