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Nautilus

Sheherzad Preisler

Arts

Art That Exposes the Strange World We Live In

Roohi Choudhry

Scientists Have No Defense Against Awe

Susie Neilson

How Butterfly Genitalia Inspired Nabokov’s Masterpieces

Gayil Nalls, Ph.D., is the creator of World Sensorium and founder of the World Sensorium Conservancy.

Gayil Nalls

These Moving Portraits Offer an Uncanny View of the Human Body

Science Should Be Totally Beautiful

Julie Sedivy

Is Multilingual Rap Eroding Canada’s French Language?

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>.

Arts

Art That Exposes the Strange World We Live In

Scientists Have No Defense Against Awe

How Butterfly Genitalia Inspired Nabokov’s Masterpieces

These Moving Portraits Offer an Uncanny View of the Human Body

Science Should Be Totally Beautiful

Is Multilingual Rap Eroding Canada’s French Language?

Watch Carl Sagan Discuss Aliens in This Wonderfully Animated Radio Interview

The Man Who Changed How Artists and Scientists Work Together

My Family, My Science

Yoda Is Dead but Star Wars’ Dubious Lessons Live On

You Have At Least This Many Identities

Whom He May Devour