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Nautilus

Adam Frank

Physics

Why We Love to Anthropomorphize Physics

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

This Could Be a Way to Get the Benefits of Meditation Without Meditating

Brian Koberlein

New Evidence for the Strange Idea that the Universe Is a Hologram

Pierre Bienaimé

What If Only Females Could See Color?

Elizabeth Landau

Math

How to Understand Extreme Numbers

Adam Piore, a veteran journalist, is the author of two books and a longtime Nautilus contributor. He currently covers health and infectious disease for the Boston Globe.

Adam Piore

Why Joel Osteen, “The Smiling Preacher,” Is So Darn Appealing

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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Why We Love to Anthropomorphize Physics

This Could Be a Way to Get the Benefits of Meditation Without Meditating

New Evidence for the Strange Idea that the Universe Is a Hologram

What If Only Females Could See Color?

How to Understand Extreme Numbers

Why Joel Osteen, “The Smiling Preacher,” Is So Darn Appealing

It’s Easy to Make Enemies of People We Only Read About

Born Lucky: The Genetics of the Four-Leaf Clover

The Tangled History of Big Bang Science

Science Is Finally Getting Its Close-up

Video Games Do Guilt Better Than Any Other Art

Minority Groups Lose When They Collaborate with Power