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17 articles

Zoology

The Largest Cells on Earth

Deep in the ocean abyss, xenophyophores are worlds unto themselves.
- By Rebecca R. Helm
- May 5, 2021
Health

You Can’t Dissect a Virtual Cadaver

What is lost when we lose in-person learning.
- By Michael Denham
- May 5, 2021
Psychology

Why People Feel Like Victims

Getting to the core of today’s social acrimony.
- By Mark MacNamara
- May 5, 2021
Physics

How Maxwell’s Demon Continues to Startle Scientists

Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . The universe bets on disorder. Imagine, for example, dropping a thimbleful of red dye into a swimming pool. All of those dye molecules are going to slowly spread throughout the water.Physicists quantify this tendency to […]
- By Jonathan O’Callaghan
- April 29, 2021
Environment

How Surprising Connections Can Save the Ocean

Marine biologist Heather Koldewey on conservation, seahorses, and cross-discipline work.
- By Mary Ellen Hannibal
- April 28, 2021
Philosophy

Our Most Effective Weapon Is Imagination

Why science changes everything.
- By Guido Tonelli
- April 28, 2021