Footer 1

Nav Bar

Become a subscriber today to get unlimited access

Member-exclusive 

Finish this story and enjoy unlimited, ad-free access to Nautilus. Plans start at $6.17/month, billed annually.

Read without limits

Exclusive Social Sale: 25% off&nbsp;for new customers that came in from a social platform. September only.&nbsp; “One magazine has risen above its old school competitors to become&nbsp; the coolest science journal in the world.”&nbsp;—Europa Content.&nbsp;

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

Register to continue reading.

Nautilus

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

Philosophy

This Simple Philosophical Puzzle Shows How Difficult It Is to Know Something

Matthew Sedacca

It’s Time to Retire the “Trolley Problem”

How to Solve the World’s Hardest Logic Puzzle

Cody Delistraty

You Can’t Upload Your “Self” Into Virtual Reality

Adam Kucharski is a professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he works on analysis of infectious disease outbreaks, work that won him the 2023 Adams Prize for mathematics. He regularly appears in print and broadcast media and is the author of the recently published <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/adam-kucharski/proof/9781541606692/">Proof: The Art and Science of Certainty</a>. He lives in Hertfordshire, U.K.

Adam Kucharski

Euclid as Founding Father

Mark Titus

Consciousness Is Made of Atoms, Too

Peter Byrne

Why Science Should Stay Clear of Metaphysics

Regan Penaluna is a Brooklyn-based journalist who writes about science, philosophy, and the natural world. Her book How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind was a New York Times Editors’ Choice.

Regan Penaluna

Head to Head: Should We Allow a Doping Free-for-All?

Thomas Levenson is a professor of science writing at MIT. He is the author of several books, including So Very Small, Money for Nothing, The Hunt for Vulcan, Einstein in Berlin, and Newton and the Counterfeiter: The Unknown Detective Career of the World’s Greatest Scientist. He has also made ten feature-length documentaries for which he has won numerous awards.

Philosophy

This Simple Philosophical Puzzle Shows How Difficult It Is to Know Something

It’s Time to Retire the “Trolley Problem”

How to Solve the World’s Hardest Logic Puzzle

You Can’t Upload Your “Self” Into Virtual Reality

Euclid as Founding Father

Consciousness Is Made of Atoms, Too

Why Science Should Stay Clear of Metaphysics

Head to Head: Should We Allow a Doping Free-for-All?

The Lessons of a Ghost Planet

Zombies Must Be Dualists

Why David Hume Is So Hot Right Now

This Philosopher Helped Ensure There Was No Nobel for Relativity