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The Logic Puzzle You Can Only Solve with Your Brightest Friend
You have to cleverly build “common knowledge” to solve this lethal riddle.Wikicommons Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . You’ve been caught snooping around a spooky graveyard with your best friend. The caretaker, a bored old man fond of riddles (and not so fond of trespassers), imprisons each of you […]
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10 Popular Nautilus Magazine Stories of 2017
Dive in: From democracy-damaging media to willpower to the holographic universe, here are some of the most-read Nautilus stories of 2017.Illustration by Irene Rinaldi Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . What did the unconscious part of the mind say to the conscious part? This isn’t so much the start […]
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Why Anti-Corruption Strategies May Backfire
How power and transparency affect efforts to stamp out bribery.
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What Needs to Change in Cancer Treatment for Young Adults
For a while, oncologists didn’t get it. Many were, both during and after these young patients’ treatment, often oblivious to and ill-equipped to meet their needs.Photograph by U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Peter Dean Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . I treated an inspiring teenage girl in my clinic […]
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The Quiet Revolution of CRISPR
CRISPR’s not on the cusp of anything.Wikicommons Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . How many diseases could humans treat if the DNA in troublesome cells could be edited within the body? Half? Most? How about “absolutely everything”? That was the answer Irina Conboy, a bioengineer at U.C. Berkeley, recently […]
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Should Scientists Publish Their Personal Biases?
What if scientists were more transparent about their values? Would their results and recommendations be better received and more trusted if they acknowledged any relevant personal beliefs that may have shaped their research? Nope. Transparency hurts.Photo Illustration by Francesco Izzo / Wikicommons Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . A […]