Pets
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Why Did the Ancients Bury Their Dogs like Family Members?
Man’s best friend was also man’s first buried pet.Photograph by Pavlina Trauskeova / Shutterstock Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . As a kid, when my pet turtle died we had a funeral—of course—and buried him in the backyard. When the family dog passed, his remains were cremated and placed […] -
Clash of the Tiny—One Pushy Squirrel & the Turf War for LA
A resourceful eastern fox squirrel eating pizzaCourtesy of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . In West Los Angeles, just across the 405 freeway from UCLA, sits a hospital that’s been serving veterans for more than 100 years. Back in 1904, it housed […] -
How a Kids’ Cartoon Created a Real-Life Invasive Army
Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Tales of monsters invading Japan are a longstanding tradition, usually involving menacing kaiju—literally “strange creatures”—rising from the sea to wreak havoc on a Japanese city. At this very moment, the country is engaged in just such a war, with an entire army of […] -
Dr. Frankenstein Needs His Own Hippocratic Oath
In the next war, instead of a soldier going on a reconnaissance mission into enemy territory, consider this possibility: a cloud of “micro air vehicles,” flying cyborgs, with built-in cameras and microphones, that could be guided by remote control. What military commander wouldn’t want that? Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join […]