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How to Tell a Leopard from Its Roar
Making a Shazam for conservationists -
Pico Iyer’s Wide-Awake Silence
The author on losing his home to wildfire, finding strength in solitude, and his new book Aflame -
Stephen Hawking’s Eternal Voice
The astrophysicist’s synthesized voice conveyed a self -
The Trouble with the Swamp
Wetlands in film are overwhelmingly associated with discomfort, misery, and death -
These Physicists Want to Ditch Dark Energy
The idea that mysterious stuff speeds up the acceleration of the universe could be a big mistake -
You Are What Your Ancestors Didn’t Eat
The impact of famine may be written in the bodies of future generations -
Breaking a Cycle of Apocalypse
John Larison’s new novel The Ancients suggests some societies are built for cataclysm -
Scent Makes a Place
How the desert taught me to smell -
Why Do Some People Look Like Their Dogs?
The resemblance isn’t just a comical coincidence -
The Genius of Benjamin Franklin
Richard Munson’s 3 greatest revelations while writing Ingenious, his biography of Franklin, the scientist. -
Introducing the Nautilus Winter Reading List
Ten books we loved to start your new year off right. -
Does Life’s Happiness Have a Shape?
How we feel about life as we age is not as universal as we thought.
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Making Friends with Your Past and Future Selves
It’s what psychologists call self-continuity, and can improve your health and well-being.
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The Sean Carrolls Explain the Universe
Why are we here? Is there life on other planets? The renowned scientists who share a name share their answers to life’s big questions.
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We Are Light-Eaters
The language we share with plants—and all life under the sun. -
Back to the Galapagos
A visit with evolutionary biologists Peter and Rosemary Grant. -
This Ocean Wave Has Rights
The true meaning of legal protection for nature. -
Meet My Pal, the Ancient Philosopher
How friendship with long-dead thinkers can help us live better. -
Reviving Mayan Blue
A Mexican artist rediscovers a lost color sacred to his ancestors.
