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Nautilus

Martin Rees

Environment

Climate Change Is the Moonshot of Our Times

Zach St. George

Zoology

How I Became a Crowd-Sourced Zoologist

Adam Frank

Psychology

Why Narrating the Future May Be Better Than Trying to Predict It

Brandon Keim (<a href="https://brandonkeim.substack.com">Substack</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/9brandon/">Instagram</a> |<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/brandonkeim.bsky.social">Bluesky</a> | <a href="https://mastodon.social/home">Mastodon</a>) is a freelance journalist and contributing editor at Nautilus. His new book, <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324007081">Meet the Neighbors</a>, explores what the science of animal intelligence means for how we understand and live with the wild creatures around us.

Brandon Keim

We Are About to Start Mining Hydrothermal Vents on the Ocean Floor

Steve Paulson is the executive producer of Wisconsin Public Radio’s nationally syndicated show <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/">To the Best of Our Knowledge</a>. He’s the author of Atoms and Eden: Conversations on Religion and Science. You can find his podcast about psychedelics, Luminous, <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/series/luminous">here</a>.

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Climate Change Is the Moonshot of Our Times

How I Became a Crowd-Sourced Zoologist

Why Narrating the Future May Be Better Than Trying to Predict It

We Are About to Start Mining Hydrothermal Vents on the Ocean Floor

The Moral Argument for Doping in Sports

What if Solving Math Problems Were as Easy as Checking Solutions?

A Letter To Our Readers

The Supervolcano Under Yellowstone is Alive and Kicking

How Utter Darkness Could Heal Lazy Eye

This Legendary Deep-Sea Fish Sighting Continues to be Debated After 60 Years

Is There Awareness Behind Vegetative States?

The Search for Eclipses as Perfect as Earth’s