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Nautilus

Chris Drudge

Physics

A New Explanation for One of the Strangest Occurrences in Nature: Ball Lightning

Heather Sparks

Arts

This Is What Musical Notes Actually Look Like

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.

Jim Davies

Psychology

Your Terrifying Dreams Could Be Rehearsal for Real Life

Health

These Clumps of Undigested Food Used to Be Medicinal Charms

Peter Hess

Genetics

Martian Colonists Could Be Genetically Engineered for Democracy

Baba Brinkman

Environment

My Rap Guide to Climate Change

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

Neuroscience

Yes, Your Brain Does Process Information

Mary Bates

Zoology

Bothered by Noise? Try Being a Bat

Sheherzad Preisler

Art That Exposes the Strange World We Live In

Peter Hoffmann

The Noise None of Us Can Live Without

Sean Raymond is an American astrophysicist working at the <a href="https://astrophy.u-bordeaux.fr/?lang=en">Bordeaux Astrophysical Laboratory</a> in France. He also writes a blog at the interface of science and fiction (<a href="https://planetplanet.net/">planetplanet.net</a>) and published a <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08LFZZWGZ">book of astronomy poems</a>.

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