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Nautilus

Jim Davies is a professor at the Department of Cognitive Science at Carleton University. He is co-host of the award-winning podcast Minding the Brain. His latest book is Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are: The Science of a Better You.

Jim Davies

Evolution

Why Are You So Smart? Thank Your Mom & Your Difficult Birth

Becca Cudmore

Before We Painted Like Picasso, We Had to Share Like Gandhi

Psychology

New Year’s Resolutions and the Science of Willpower

David Shultz

How “Meaning Withdrawal,” aka Boredom, Can Boost Creativity

Amy Kraft

Man in cocoon Vocal Vibrations Le Laboratoire

Arts

Art + Science = Innovation

Brian Koberlein

Physics

How the Universe Made the Stuff That Made Us

Samuel V. Scarpino

Health

3 Graphs That Help Show Why Ebola Goes Viral or Dies Out

Sarah Zhang

Zoology

Seeing Electricity, Hearing Magnetism & Other Sensory Feats

Eliza Strickland

Technology

Humans & Nature Can Co-Exist in “Cyborg” Ecosystems

Brandon Keim (<a href="https://brandonkeim.substack.com">Substack</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/9brandon/">Instagram</a> |<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/brandonkeim.bsky.social">Bluesky</a> | <a href="https://mastodon.social/home">Mastodon</a>) is a freelance journalist and contributing editor at Nautilus. His new book, <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324007081">Meet the Neighbors</a>, explores what the science of animal intelligence means for how we understand and live with the wild creatures around us.

Brandon Keim

Genetics

To Bring Back Extinct Species, We’ll Need to Change Our Own

Lina Zeldovich grew up in a family of Russian scientists, listening to bedtime stories about volcanoes, black holes, and intrepid explorers. She has written for the Smithsonian, National Geographic, Reader’s Digest, the New York Times and other publications. Her most recent book, <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250283382/thelivingmedicine">The Living Medicine</a>: How a Lifesaving Cure was Nearly Lost and Why it Will Rescue Us When Antibiotics Fail, chronicled the history of phage therapy and was longlisted for the PEN America Literary Awards.

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