Issue_84

29 articles

- Philosophy
Electrons May Very Well Be Conscious
- By Tam Hunt
- May 14, 2020
Panpsychists look at the many degrees of complexity in nature and see no obvious line between mind and no-mind.
- Environment
The Hidden Life of Viruses
- By David Krakauer & Dan Rockmore
- May 13, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has made the dark energy of evolution visible.
- Math
Why COVID-19 Flare-Ups Will Keep Happening
- By Cristopher Moore
- May 13, 2020
Like earthquakes and forest fires, outbreaks have a “heavy tail” of large events.
- History
The Carouser and the Great Astronomer
- By Walter Murch
- May 13, 2020
It’s a fine line between oblivion and immortality.
- History
The Book That Invented the World
- By Ed Simon
- May 12, 2020
Now that we’re corralled into our homes and apartments, something seems pre-modern in how our worlds have shrunk. Unlike past quarantines, we’re also connected by digital technology to the rest of the globe, calling to mind poet John Donne’s line from a 1633 poem about making “one little room an everywhere.” Donne came of age […]

Why People Feel Misinformed, Confused, and Terrified About the Pandemic

Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . When I worked as a TV reporter covering health and science, I would often be recognized in public places. For the most part, the interactions were brief hellos or compliments. Two periods of time stand out when significant numbers of those who […]
- By Robert Bazell
- May 7, 2020
A Window on Africa’s Resilience

Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . We called Greg Carr the other day to talk about the spread of the coronavirus in Africa. Carr, who has been featured in Nautilus, is the founder of the Gorongosa Restoration Project, a partnership with the Mozambique government to revive Gorongosa National […]
- By Mark MacNamara
- May 6, 2020
What’s Missing in Pandemic Models

Philosophy is needed to put the science of COVID-19 in perspective.
- By Jonathan Fuller
- May 6, 2020
How Science Trumps Denial

Scientists putting their career and health on the line can take heart from Galileo.
- By Mario Livio
- May 6, 2020
Don’t Fear the Robot

I invented Roomba and assure you, robots won’t take over the world.
- By Joe Jones
- May 5, 2020
We Aren’t Selfish After All

In turbulent times, people go from “me” thinking to “we” thinking.
- By Jim Davies
- April 29, 2020

- Environment
Guided by Plant Voices
- By Steve Paulson
- April 29, 2020
Plants talk to this ecologist. They tell her how to do better science.
- Sociology
How COVID-19 Will Pass from Pandemic to Prosaic
- By Anastasia Bendebury & Michael Shilo DeLay & others
- April 24, 2020
The final outcome of COVID-19 will ultimately be decided by our patience and the financial bottom line.
- Health
Straight Talk About a COVID-19 Vaccine
- By Robert Bazell
- April 23, 2020
There are many challenges to developing a vaccine that will be successful against COVID-19.eamesBot / Shutterstock Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Wayne Koff is one of the world’s experts on vaccine development, the president and CEO of the Human Vaccines Project. He possesses a deep understanding of the […]
- Economics
The Economic Damage Is Barely Conceivable
- By Max Kutner
- April 22, 2020
In America, people who lose jobs don’t necessarily get them back.
- Environment
The Ecological Vision That Will Save Us
- By Kevin Berger
- April 22, 2020
To avoid the next pandemic, we need a reckoning with our place in nature.