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Bob Grant

Bob Grant is the deputy editor at Nautilus.

The Brain’s Hidden Drain

Newly discovered vessels may be key to flushing waste away from our brains

November 7, 2025

Orcas Giveth and Orcas Taketh Away

Killer whales divulge more of their private lives with never-before-seen images of a wild birth and gruesome hunts

November 7, 2025

Is the Moon Worth Mining?

Lunar riches may lie in wait. But securing the bounty may be a logistical nightmare.

November 6, 2025

Can Lichen Light the Way to Dinosaur Finds?

The bold idea to enlist satellites in the search for fossils

November 5, 2025

Have We Learned King Tut’s Lessons?

Just over a century ago today, British archaeologists discovered the entrance to the Ancient Egyptian monarch’s tomb … eventually scattering its treasures far and wide

November 4, 2025

Are We Trashing Earth’s Loneliest Spot?

Point Nemo, the most remote location on the planet, is serving as humanity’s cosmic junkyard

November 4, 2025

Your Exclamation Points Speak Volumes!

Employing this most excitable of punctuation marks changes how its writer is perceived

November 3, 2025

Neanderthals May Have Invented the Original Crayon

The most concrete evidence of the tools this human ancestor used to doodle

November 3, 2025

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