Footer 1

Nav Bar

Become a subscriber today to get unlimited access

Member-exclusive 

You've run out of free articles. Access unlimited ad-free stories, including this one, by subscribing now. 

Join to continue reading.

Unlock this story + our newsletter, for FREE! Already a newsletter subscriber? Just click the "Log in" link above. 

Register to continue reading.

Nautilus

Sidney Perkowitz is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Physics Emeritus, Emory University. His latest books are A Short Introduction to Physics, Real Scientists Don’t Wear Ties, and Science Sketches: the Universe from Different Angles.

Sidney Perkowitz

Arts

Only Disconnect! A Pandemic Reading of E.M. Forster

Steve Paulson is the executive producer of Wisconsin Public Radio’s nationally syndicated show <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/">To the Best of Our Knowledge</a>. He’s the author of Atoms and Eden: Conversations on Religion and Science. You can find his podcast about psychedelics, Luminous, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/series/luminous">here</a>.

Steve Paulson

Why Philip Pullman Is Obsessed with Panpsychism

Kevin Berger is the editor at large of Nautilus.

Kevin Berger

The 5 Most Popular Nautilus Feature Articles in 2019

Liz Craig-Olins is a Poetry in America Teaching Fellow and Curriculum Developer. Formerly an English teacher, her abiding interest in poetry and the science of the natural world inspires her work as a writer and photographer. She lives in Boston and Harpswell, Maine.

Liz Craig-Olins

On “Learning the Trees”

I Am Not a Machine. Yes You Are.

Arthur I. Miller

Best Screenplay Goes to the Algorithms

Brian Gallagher is an associate editor at Nautilus. Follow him on X (formerly known as Twitter) <a href="https://twitter.com/bsgallagher/" rel="noopener">@bsgallagher</a>.

Brian Gallagher

Doc Holliday Is Dead But Tuberculosis Is Still Killing Us

Gillian Osborne is an instructor and curriculum specialist for the Poetry in America course series at the Harvard Extension School, and the co-editor of Ecopoetics: Essays in the Field.

Gillian Osborne

On Observation and Imagination

Jim Davies is a professor at the Department of Cognitive Science at Carleton University. He is co-host of the award-winning podcast Minding the Brain. His latest book is Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are: The Science of a Better You.

Jim Davies

Most of the Mind Can’t Tell Fact from Fiction

Ted Chiang

The Great Silence

<a href="https://edsimon.org/">Ed Simon</a> is a staff writer at The Millions and the editor-in-chief at Belt Magazine. His most recent books are Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology and Binding the Ghost: Theology, Transcendence, and the Mystery of Literature. Follow him on X (formerly known as Twitter) @WithEdSimon.