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Nautilus

Amos Zeeberg

Astronomy

Imagine a World With One Universal Time Zone…

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How to Map a Galaxy When You’re Right in the Middle of It

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Best of 2013: Beyond the Horizon of the Universe

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

Arts

So Human, So Beautiful

Corey S. Powell is the project editor at Nautilus, and the co-founder of OpenMind magazine.

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Best of 2013: Beyond the Horizon of the Universe

So Human, So Beautiful

The Madness of the Planets

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The Freaky Celestial Events We See—and the Ones We Don’t

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