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Nautilus

Gayil Nalls, Ph.D., is the creator of World Sensorium and founder of the World Sensorium Conservancy.

Gayil Nalls

Zoology

What It’s Like to Be an Ant

George Musser is an award-winning science writer and the author of Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation, Spooky Action at a Distance, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to String Theory. Follow him at @<a href="https://mastodon.social/@gmusser">gmusser</a>@mastodon.social, @<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gmusser.bsky.social">gmusser</a>.bsky.social, and @<a href="https://www.threads.net/@georgemusserjr">georgemusserjr</a>@threads.net.

George Musser

Neuroscience

How Japanese Floating Illusions Reverse-Engineer What We See

Michael Regnier

Evolution

How Discovering an Equation for Altruism Cost George Price Everything

Patrick West

Philosophy

Nietzsche Is Not the Proto-postmodern Relativist Some Have Mistaken Him For

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>.

Brian Gallagher

It’s Not Romantic Anymore to Say That Plants Have Brain-like Systems

Jim Kozubek

Health

Cancer Isn’t a Logic Problem

Taylor Beck

Psychology

What Pushes a Person to Consider Death by Suicide?

David Baker

Microbiology

Why Synthetic Protein Research Needs More Funding

Jason G. Goldman

How a Kids’ Cartoon Created a Real-Life Invasive Army

Why Trump Would Enjoy Being a Consciousness Researcher

Jim Davies is a professor at the Department of Cognitive Science at Carleton University. He is co-host of the award-winning podcast Minding the Brain. His latest book is Being the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are: The Science of a Better You.

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