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Bob Grant

Bob Grant is the deputy editor at Nautilus.

Fentanyl’s Deadly Recipe

The chemistry behind the synthetic opioid at the center of global trade tensions

October 31, 2025

The 19th-Century Entomologist Who Dreamed Up Daylight Savings

Hungry for more light to find insects, this scientist championed the “unscientific and impractical” idea of changing time

October 31, 2025

Here’s What Nuclear Testing Does to the Earth—and Us

With trials of atomic weapons set to resume, we recall the environmental and health damage wrought by such testing

October 30, 2025

You Might Be Loving Fluffy to Death

Overexuberant pet care could be killing our fur babies

October 29, 2025

Hurricane Melissa Could Threaten Some Species with Extinction

As the super strong storm lashes the Caribbean, vulnerable species and habitats lie in its path

October 29, 2025

Rats Grab Lunch on the Wing

An unexpected behavior captured on film

October 28, 2025

Can We Beam Away Our Space Junk Problem?

A plan to use ions to clear out the crowded low Earth orbit

October 27, 2025

Bats That Glow

And shifting battles with rats: New discoveries take flight during Bat Week

October 27, 2025

Pink Boulders Reveal a Hidden Antarctic Giant

Inside the massive, granite slab slumbering beneath the frozen continent

October 24, 2025

The Secrets of Deadly Snake Bites

Slow-motion video reveals how these strikes could kill you, in surprisingly different ways

October 24, 2025

These Three Species Have Eased Back From the Brink

Recent conservation wins are proof that such efforts can make a difference

October 23, 2025

Mysterious Deep Sea Habitats Reveal New Species

Ecosystems that have not been fully explored or catalogued by science are at risk of severe damage

October 22, 2025