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
What Mummies Read Before a Long Nap
Archaeologists have recovered a scrap of the Iliad in the belly of an interred Egyptian
(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
Earth Day Started with an Oil Spill
The day of environmental action and protest has grown and evolved over the past 56 years
Rome Was Built Today
Celebrating the scientific and technical contributions of Rome on the mythical birthday of the eternal city
The Peace That an Eclipse Brings
The total solar eclipse in 2024 hushed the Earth by striking awe in the humans in its path
Humans Evolving, One Way or Another
Have we moved beyond the reach of natural selection? If so, it’s likely a relatively recent development.
The Coming Psychedelic Holiday
The next few days were instrumental in the history of LSD
The Birth of Genius
Leonardo da Vinci, polymath and victim of the vagaries of science funding, was born on this day
Astronauts as Influencers
Artemis II was a wild ride that played out across social media to give the public unprecedented insight into space exploration
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
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











