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Nautilus

Uri Bram

Technology

The Limits of Formal Learning, or Why Robots Can’t Dance

Walt Pickut

Astronomy

How the Blind See the Stars

Chris Drudge

Psychology

How Outer Space Dulls an Astronaut’s Mind

David Krakauer is the president and William H. Miller professor of complex systems at the Santa Fe Institute.

David Krakauer

Will A.I. Harm Us? Better to Ask How We’ll Reckon With Our Hybrid Nature

Mark Titus

Philosophy

Consciousness Is Made of Atoms, Too

William Chen

Zoology

Why Freshwater Fish Are Awesome

Brian Gallagher is an associate editor at Nautilus. Follow him on X (formerly known as Twitter) <a href="https://twitter.com/bsgallagher/" rel="noopener">@bsgallagher</a>.

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The Limits of Formal Learning, or Why Robots Can’t Dance

How the Blind See the Stars

How Outer Space Dulls an Astronaut’s Mind

Will A.I. Harm Us? Better to Ask How We’ll Reckon With Our Hybrid Nature

Consciousness Is Made of Atoms, Too

Why Freshwater Fish Are Awesome

Is the Nobel Prize Good for Science?

How We Learned That Neanderthals Bird-Hunted in Winter

Why We Need Quantitative Sports History

The Sacred Beauty of a Hermit Thrush Call

Will This “Neural Lace” Brain Implant Help Us Compete with AI?

Rooting for the Favorite Is a Sign of Social Dominance