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This Mummy’s Tattoos Are Better Than Yours

Lasers reveal hidden details of ancient body ink

January 22, 2025

10 Misconceptions About Evolution

An evolutionary biologist clears up common myths

January 21, 2025

The Magical Realism of Myriam Wares

A conversation with Nautilus cover artist Myriam Wares.

January 20, 2025

The Evolution of a Mimic

What rove beetles can tell us about the predictability of life

January 17, 2025

Argue Your Way to a Fuller Life

Refute your friends and family, never be satisfied. Philosopher Agnes Callard on life lessons from Socrates.

January 17, 2025

Bringing Mars Rocks to Earth

It’s a bigger challenge than we thought

January 16, 2025

The Incredible Conundrum of Life’s Origin

How to solve biology’s chicken-or-egg dilemma

January 15, 2025

How to Tell a Leopard from Its Roar

Making a Shazam for conservationists

January 13, 2025

Pico Iyer’s Wide-Awake Silence

The author on losing his home to wildfire, finding strength in solitude, and his new book Aflame

January 10, 2025

Stephen Hawking’s Eternal Voice

The astrophysicist’s synthesized voice conveyed a self

January 9, 2025

The Trouble with the Swamp

Wetlands in film are overwhelmingly associated with discomfort, misery, and death

January 8, 2025

These Physicists Want to Ditch Dark Energy

The idea that mysterious stuff speeds up the acceleration of the universe could be a big mistake

January 8, 2025