Issue_54
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7 Surprises That Climate Change Will Throw Us
The interdependence of ecosystems and their inhabitants means climate change may force animals, including us, to adapt in surprising ways—some startling changes are to come.“Leiv Eiriksson discovers North America,” by Christian Krohg (1893) Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Rising sea levels, lower air quality, and longer and more […] -
Why a Hedge Fund Started a Video Game Competition
The chief technology officer of one of the world’s largest hedge funds talks data. -
Actually, There Is a Time Like the Present
Think there’s no time like the present? Modern physics begs to differ. -
Cormac McCarthy Returns to the Kekulé Problem
Answers to questions and questions that cannot be answered. -
How Sex Perps Use Deny, Attack, and Reverse
It’s important to give name to and recognize this phenomenon. Perpetrators of sexual violence—and any kind of wrongdoing—must not be allowed to continue to use DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) to hijack the truth.Photograph by Gage Skidmore / Wikicommons Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Last year, […]
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A Modest Proposal for Thanksgiving
Or, For Preventing the Annual Repast from Being a Burden on the Earth, and for Making It Beneficial to the Publick.*
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Why Nuclear Power Professionals Are Serious About Joking Around
Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . In August 2013, Finland’s young nuclear professionals, under 35 years old, met up for the Summer Games in Mikkeli municipality, put on by the Finnish Nuclear Society’s Young Generation Group. Launched in 1998, the organization helps people interested in nuclear fields network. […]
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Darwin’s Lost Beetle Is Back
It’s difficult to overstate the importance of finding an original Darwin specimen, collected during the Beagle’s first voyage. But finding it, and realizing it was a lost specimen collected by Darwin, was just the first step in a much longer journey.Photograph by fiddledydee / Flickr Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join […]
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How to Give Mars an Atmosphere, Maybe
The plan for an artificial Martian magnetosphere may sound “fanciful,” but researchers say that emerging research is starting to show that a miniature magnetosphere can be used to protect humans and spacecraft.NASA Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Earth is most fortunate to have vast webs of magnetic fields […]
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The Hidden Science and Tech of the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine military inventors perfected Greek Fire, a combustible liquid like napalm that could be hurled at enemy ships (or lobbed against land armies as hand grenades).Madrid Skylitzes (12th century) / Wikicommons Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Byzantine civilization, the eastern Roman empire whose capital was at Constantinople, is […]
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Why Females Decide What’s Beautiful
Uncovering the nature of sexual selection. -
The Mate Selection Trapdoor
Tracing the evolution of hidden sexual preferences. -
What Tech Can Learn from the Fruit Fly’s Search Algorithm
Scientists are starting to understand that search powers much of the natural world, too.Image by Intelligent Product Solutions / YouTube Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” Verse 7:7 from […] -
The Rise and Fall of the English Sentence
The surprising forces influencing the complexity of the language we speak and write. -
Andy Weir Visits the Moon
The best-selling writer of “The Martian” has a new book out, and it’s set closer to home.