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    If Oaks and Orchids Could Talk

    Lucas Gutierrez wants to turn plant frequencies into a language humans can understand
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    Celebrating the Relationship Between Science and Illustration

    A conversation with Society of Illustrators executive director Arabelle Liepold
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    The Extraordinary, Imperiled Science at the End of the Earth

    Firing experts in Antarctica couldn’t come at a worse time
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    Breaking a Cycle of Apocalypse

    John Larison’s new novel The Ancients suggests some societies are built for cataclysm
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    An Earthy Fallen Star

    The strange mushroom that puffs life into forests around the world.
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    Inside an Exploded Star

    Cassiopeia A gets a close-up.
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    Automatic for the Oceans

    A rock trio on the rise is raising environmental awareness.
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    Join Nautilus Live—Get the Truth About Sun Exposure

    Join us at noon on Monday, June 9, when editor in chief Michael Segal will host a live video chat with award-winning journalist and NYU professor, Jessica Seigel about her latest Nautilus piece, “America Is Getting the Science of Sun Exposure Wrong.” Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . There […]
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    Forest for the Trees—Why We Recognize Faces & Constellations

    A Ganado-style Navajo rugNational Park Service Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . For many thousands of years, and across cultures around the world, symmetry has been seen as beautiful. The mirror-image accuracy of the Parthenon is seen also in the Taj Mahal and the geometric patterns of traditional Navajo […]
  • The Universe, Expanding Symmetrically

    The Universe, Expanding Symmetrically and Eternally

      Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Two months ago, we learned of landmark evidence bolstering the theory of inflation, a period very soon after the Big Bang when the Universe expanded at a terrific rate, stretching out and smoothing its lumps, and making it remarkably consistent on large […]