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Nautilus

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

Environment

Why a Post-Nuclear World Would Look Nothing Like “Mad Max”

Meehan Crist

Can New Research & Old Traditions Save Fiji From Ecological Collapse?

Azeen Ghorayshi

Geoscience

The Tragedy of Iran’s Great Salt Lake

Sean Raymond is an American astrophysicist working at the <a href="https://astrophy.u-bordeaux.fr/?lang=en">Bordeaux Astrophysical Laboratory</a> in France. He also writes a blog at the interface of science and fiction (<a href="https://planetplanet.net/">planetplanet.net</a>) and published a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LFZZWGZ">book of astronomy poems</a>.

Sean Raymond

Astronomy

The Mystery of the Missing Planets

Shannon Hall

Arts

What Do Romantic Aliens See at the End of Their Alien Days?

Amos Zeeberg

Physics

Watch Water Levitate, Flow Up, & Swirl the Wrong Way in the Other Hemisphere

Claire Cameron

Communication

The Nautilus Weekly Science News Quiz

Andrea Appleton

Psychology

The Best Way to Reduce Research Bias Is Hiding in Plain View

Jennifer Ouellette

The Chemistry and Psychology of Turning Water Into Wine

Julia Rosen

How Water, Paradoxically, Creates the Land We Walk On

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

Why Tinder Charmers and Movie Heroes Move the Same Way

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