Monsters
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The Stranger Things That Gave Birth to Science
Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Finding regularity in nature is the bread and butter of science. We know that reptiles lay eggs, while mammals bear live young; the Earth revolves around the sun every 365.25 days; electrons glom onto protons like bears onto honey. But what if […]
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Why Medieval Cats Approved of the Plague
The cat as the witch’s familiar in the 17th century, woodcut.Mary Evans Picture Library Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . From the 12th century onward there were two distinct attitudes to cats. For many people the cat population operated as important rodent-controllers, and every so often a cat would […]
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How Absurd Do You Like Your Art?
fStop Images – Caspar Benson / Getty Images Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Some art makes a lot of sense. If we look at a painting or a photograph of a gorgeous view, its beauty feels natural. The reason for this is that the kinds of landscapes people […]
