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18 articles

- Astronomy
The Alien-Haunted World
- By Caleb Scharf
- February 14, 2021
Are space scientists too conservative and close-minded about the possibility that ET exists?
- Psychology
A Simple Way to Reduce Cognitive Bias
- By Jim Davies
- February 12, 2021
It’s encouraging to know that merely paying attention to the details of your environment can make you a little more rational.Illustration by yulianas / Shutterstock Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Would you like to be more rational? Of course you would. Who doesn’t want to behave and think […]
- Arts
Why Computers Will Never Write Good Novels
- By Angus Fletcher
- February 10, 2021
The power of narrative flows only from the human brain.
- Environment
Digging Deeper Into Holocaust History
- By Virat Markandeya
- February 10, 2021
What geoscientists are uncovering in Eastern Europe.
- Zoology
Cognitive Scientists Are Going to the Dogs
- By Gareth Wilmer
- February 3, 2021
Unleashing a new breed of research into co-evolution and the aging brain.

The Doctor Will Sniff You Now

Step aside, Dr. House, Deep Nose will one day be the best diagnostician in medicine.
- By Lina Zeldovich
- February 3, 2021
We Need More Feminist Dads

It’s not easy to overcome the masculine conception of fatherhood.
- By Jordan Shapiro
- February 3, 2021
How Universes Might Bubble Up and Collide

Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . What lies beyond all we can see? The question may seem unanswerable. Nevertheless, some cosmologists have a response: Our universe is a swelling bubble. Outside it, more bubble universes exist, all immersed in an eternally […]
- By Charlie Wood
- January 28, 2021
The Dangerous Evolution of the Coronavirus

These scientists have a new model for identifying variants before they kill.
- By Brian Gallagher
- January 27, 2021
Octopuses Find New Hunting Buddies

Animals are teaming up to adapt to a changing world.
- By Brandon Keim
- January 26, 2021
How to Fix the Vaccine Rollout

A computational biologist charts a fair and efficient course for vaccine distribution.
- By Melanie E. Moses
- January 20, 2021

- History
Who Said Nobody Read Isaac Newton?
- By Caleb Scharf
- January 20, 2021
It’s a myth that legendary works in science aren’t read.
- Environment
We Crush, Poison, and Destroy Insects at Our Own Peril
- By John Hainze
- January 20, 2021
Insects are escape artists. Now they face a threat more pernicious than predation.
- Psychology
Can You Treat Loneliness By Creating an Imaginary Friend?
- By Jim Davies
- January 15, 2021
Tulpamancers imagine talking to the tulpa, sometimes for more than an hour a day, and eventually, perhaps after several months, the tulpa will start talking back.Photo Illustration by LeaDigszammal / Shutterstock Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Did you ever have an imaginary friend? If you didn’t, chances are […]
- Anthropology
Why a Universal Society Is Unattainable
- By Mark W. Moffett
- January 13, 2021
Our minds evolved in an Us-vs-Them universe of our own making.
- Neuroscience
Dreaming Is Like Taking LSD
- By Antonio Zadra & Robert Stickgold
- January 13, 2021
A new theory explains that dreaming opens our minds to unexplored possibilities.