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Nautilus

Sarah Harsey

Psychology

How Sex Perps Use Deny, Attack, and Reverse

Dan Garisto

Philosophy

A Modest Proposal for Thanksgiving

Vincent Ialenti

Anthropology

Why Nuclear Power Professionals Are Serious About Joking Around

Christopher Kemp

Zoology

Darwin’s Lost Beetle Is Back

Marc Kaufman

Environment

How to Give Mars an Atmosphere, Maybe

Anthony Kaldellis

History

The Hidden Science and Tech of the Byzantine Empire

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

Technology

What Tech Can Learn from the Fruit Fly’s Search Algorithm

Anthony Brandt & David Eagleman

Arts

Why Beauty Is Not Universal

Astronomy

This Will Help You Grasp the Sizes of Things in the Universe

Andrew Friedman

Make the Cosmic Perspective Your Next Coping Mechanism

Sociology

Why Einstein Just Got Ranked as History’s Greatest Hero

Steve Paulson is the executive producer of Wisconsin Public Radio’s nationally syndicated show <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/">To the Best of Our Knowledge</a>. He’s the author of Atoms and Eden: Conversations on Religion and Science. You can find his podcast about psychedelics, Luminous, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/series/luminous">here</a>.

Steve Paulson

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