Brian Gallagher

  • Article Lead Image

    Robots Show Us Who We Are

    What can we learn from machines with imagination and culture?

  • Article Lead Image

    The Real Impact of Meteorites on Earth

    Life as we know it was seeded by rocks from outer space.

  • Article Lead Image

    Love Is Biological Bribery

    Evolution uses all its tricks to make sure we procreate. But love in humans is a many-splendored thing.

  • Article Lead Image

    NASA Is on the Cusp of a New Era

    A planetary scientist explains why SpaceX’s Starship will transform her field.

  • Gallagher_HERO

    Steven Pinker Has His Reasons

    The psychologist unpacks rationality and denies being a guru to the capitalist elite.

  •  Gallagher_HERO

    The Math That Says Egalitarianism Is Possible

    You don’t have to be entirely pessimistic about the future of wealth inequality.

  •  Gallagher_HERO

    Reports of a Baleful Internet Are Greatly Exaggerated

    Our digital technologies can in fact be cognitive aids.

  • Article Lead Image

    Talking Pop Science with Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder

    As abstract as it is, physics enriches your life.Image via Sabine Hossenfelder / YouTube Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Science without the gobbledygook.” That’s the name, and promise, of Sabine Hossenfelder’s YouTube show. The German theoretical physicist, whose main gig is as a Research Fellow at the Frankfurt […]

  • Article Lead Image

    Celebrating Women Scientists

    A neuroscientist turned designer has created a unique celebration of women in STEM.

  • Gallagher_HERO

    The Dangerous Evolution of the Coronavirus

    These scientists have a new model for identifying variants before they kill.