This article is part of Nautilus’ month-long exploration of the science and art of time. Read the introduction here. I recently came across this diagram of time and space: It puts…

This article is part of Nautilus’ month-long exploration of the science and art of time. Read the introduction here. Growing up in Israel in the 1970s, my household was a place where…

This article introduces Nautilus’ month-long exploration of the science and art of time.When Lee Smolin’s book Time Reborn was re-launched to great fanfare at my home in 2015,…

This article is part of Nautilus’ month-long exploration of the science and art of time. Read the introduction here.How is composing music of a given meter similar to painting flowing…

The notion of genius as a capability a person can possess has come under attack recently in several ways.Pxhere / Public DomainOnce you’re called a “genius,” what’s left? Super…

The very notion of what in the ancient world defines the human being in contrast to all other living things is simple: upright posture. Best known of the ancient commentators is Plato,…

In a mere 60 years, we of Earth have gone from launching our first spacecraft, to exploring every planet and major moon in our solar system, to establishing an international, long-lived…

All through a long life I had three main concerns, with a clear order of priority. Family came first, friends second, and work third.” So writes the pioneering theoretical physicist…

Our discrete cultural universes are not easily bridged.Inca Princess - La Gran Ñusta Mama Occollo (early 1800s) / Denver Art Museum / WikicommonsIf they’re honest and humble enough,…

“We’re constantly bouncing off other people and looking at other people as a mirror of us. Our very sense of who we are is intertwined with what we see when we see other people…