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Bob Grant

Bob Grant is the deputy editor at Nautilus.

Trump’s War on Science Continues

As sacked National Science Board members and lawmakers speak out, US research preeminence further dims on the international stage

April 27, 2026

What Mummies Read Before a Long Nap

Archaeologists have recovered a scrap of the Iliad in the belly of an interred Egyptian

April 24, 2026

(Almost) A Eulogy for Voyager

The robotic space probe is 15 billion miles away and is nearing the end of its life in the distant cosmos

April 23, 2026

Earth Day Started with an Oil Spill

The day of environmental action and protest has grown and evolved over the past 56 years

April 22, 2026

Rome Was Built Today

Celebrating the scientific and technical contributions of Rome on the mythical birthday of the eternal city

April 21, 2026

The Peace That an Eclipse Brings

The total solar eclipse in 2024 hushed the Earth by striking awe in the humans in its path

April 21, 2026

Humans Evolving, One Way or Another

Have we moved beyond the reach of natural selection? If so, it’s likely a relatively recent development.

April 17, 2026

The Coming Psychedelic Holiday

The next few days were instrumental in the history of LSD

April 16, 2026

The Birth of Genius

Leonardo da Vinci, polymath and victim of the vagaries of science funding, was born on this day

April 15, 2026

Astronauts as Influencers

Artemis II was a wild ride that played out across social media to give the public unprecedented insight into space exploration

April 14, 2026

The Centuries-Old History of the Super El Niño

We may get an exceptionally strong El Niño this year, but we’ve been tracking the climatic cycle since 1578

April 13, 2026

Did This 17th-Century Novel Presage the Coming Artemis II Observations?

When a father of astronomy wrote the first science-fiction book about the dark side of the moon

April 6, 2026