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Nautilus

Amos Zeeberg

Technology

Computers Beat Humans at Poker. Next Up: Everything Else?

Joshua Holden

How Classical Cryptography Will Survive Quantum Computers

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

Neuroscience

How Should Society Judge a Defendant with a Brain Tumor?

Adam Frank

Physics

Why We Love to Anthropomorphize Physics

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

Psychology

This Could Be a Way to Get the Benefits of Meditation Without Meditating

Katia Moskvitch

Sociology

Why These Researchers Are Drawn to the World’s Edge

Brian Koberlein

New Evidence for the Strange Idea that the Universe Is a Hologram

Pierre Bienaimé

What If Only Females Could See Color?

Jordana Cepelewicz

Math

This Man Is About to Blow Up Mathematics

Elizabeth Landau

How to Understand Extreme Numbers

Adam Piore, a veteran journalist, is the author of two books and a longtime Nautilus contributor. He currently covers health and infectious disease for the Boston Globe.

Adam Piore

Why Joel Osteen, “The Smiling Preacher,” Is So Darn Appealing

It’s Easy to Make Enemies of People We Only Read About

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