Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog.So-called “analogue experiments” are becoming increasingly common in physics, but do they teach or mislead?Image…

One part of the Hippocratic Oath, the vow taken by many physicians, requires us to “remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding…

Mattel’s AI nanny, called Aristotle, recently gained the notorious distinction of being subject to a bipartisan protest in the US Congress. Plus, there was a petition against it…

Studying time “is like holding a snowflake in your hands: gradually, as you study it, it melts between your fingers and vanishes.”Image by Mobilos / WikicommonsIn April, in the…

The author of The Martian and Artemis argues that the moon’s ice caps (blue) don’t change how he would design his fictional moon bases.NASA / JPLWhen I wrote The Martian,…

My conclusion is that in a colonized universe the probability of the annihilation of the human race could actually rise rather than fall.Illustration by David Revoy / Blender Foundation…

$$rec$$My Evolution: Living Along the Spectrum of Science & Religion is © of SRES and Jordan Collver, 2018. The comic was created by Jordan Collver as part of a media fellowship…

You have to cleverly build “common knowledge” to solve this lethal riddle.WikicommonsYou’ve been caught snooping around a spooky graveyard with your best friend. The caretaker,…

This article is part of Nautilus’ month-long exploration of the science and art of time. Read the introduction here.In the studio, time does not pass—there is only an “eternal…

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…