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Nautilus

Ankur Paliwal

Evolution

What Darwin Overlooked About Fighting Female Animals

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

Gayil Nalls

Arts

The Man Who Changed How Artists and Scientists Work Together

Regan Penaluna is a Brooklyn-based journalist who writes about science, philosophy, and the natural world. Her book How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind was a New York Times Editors’ Choice.

Regan Penaluna

Sociology

How Single Women Are Changing Society

Chelsea Wald

Environment

You Need to Know About Bahrain’s Loneliest Tree

Claire Cameron

Zoology

How This Revolutionary Old Zoo Was Redesigned for the 21st Century

Ian Chant

Astronomy

Cosmic Void Dwarfs Are a Thing and There’s a Problem With Them

Jesse Dunietz

Technology

The Most Important Object In Computer Graphics History Is This Teapot

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

Psychology

Here’s Why People Are Obsessed With Mugshot Hotties

Kastalia Medrano

Health

How My Ecstasy Trip Turned Into a Rare Anxiety Disorder

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.

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