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What Did the Past Smell Like?
Get a whiff of a new sensory experience in history. -
Toys Are the Future of Philosophy
Playthings shouldn’t confine kids but allow them to ask, What if? -
How to Build Trust in Covid-19 Vaccines
Why people distrust vaccines and how they can be convinced otherwise. -
Physicists Nail Down the “Magic Number” That Shapes the Universe
Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . As fundamental constants go, the speed of light, c, enjoys all the fame, yet c’s numerical value says nothing about nature; it differs depending on whether it’s measured in meters per second or miles per hour. The […] -
The Problem with a New Study on Mentorship in Science
Arguably the best prescription to improve the situation facing women in science is for there to be more women in science.Oleg Golovnev / Shutterstock Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . The increasing visibility of women in leadership roles is one of the few success stories in the struggle for […]
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Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV
Is memorizing a string of words a key to what makes the human brain unique?
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A Supermassive Lens on the Constants of Nature
What this year’s Nobel-winning discovery of the black hole at our galaxy’s center reveals.
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A Model for a Just COVID-19 Vaccination Program
The pandemic exposed racial injustice in healthcare. Vaccine distribution must not.
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Scientists Analyzed 24,000 Chess Matches to Understand Cognition
Chess could perhaps be the ultimate window through which we might see how our mental powers shift during our lives.
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The Synchronicity of Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung
How the theoretical physicist and analyst came together and then apart.
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When Science Was the Best Show in America
The first US museum was devoted to truth and reason. Then the circus came to town. -
Five Scientists on the Heroes Who Changed Their Lives
Meet the inspiring people—none named Einstein—who helped these scientists find their calling. -
Do You Know These Scientific Pioneers?
10 great minds that should have been in your science textbooks.