Quantum interpretations may be empirically equivalent, but that doesn't mean their die hard fans don't enjoy trash talking the other teams. My own take on the spectator sport, for @nautil.us nautil.us/reality-exis...

what's cool about this in @nautil.us is I also agree w @samgilbert.bsky.social 100% even tho maybe I and @irisvanrooij.bsky.social are supposed to be contrasts — it's absolutely the case that lot of tech is beneficial AND that a LOT of the studies are not showing much nautil.us/ai-might-not... 1/n

For @nautil.us, @okaysteve.bsky.social spoke with Kevin Berger about his new book, How to Change a Memory. Read the full interview here:

“...with 'Contact,' the ever-contradictory Carl Sagan—avowed nonbeliever—offered one of the most religious science-fiction tales ever written.” Carl Sagan was born #OTD in 1934. Recently, I wrote about the lasting legacy of his most beloved work for @nautil.us: nautil.us/a-surprising... #science

The “Hurricane Hunters” crew from the United States Air Force captured a haunting illusion at the center of Hurricane Melissa—a key feature of particularly powerful hurricanes. Learn how it forms: nautil.us/how-this-hau...

Solar system environments aren't distant frontiers. They're actors that have shaped our history, and may hold the key for our future. In this new article for @nautil.us, I share three big revelations from writing "Ripples on a Cosmic Ocean." #EnvHist #Space nautil.us/what-happens...

A young boy in Nebraska may well have been saved thanks to a particular piece of rotten eggplant collected in South Africa— and a virus it contained. Meet the long overlooked viruses that could help combat rising antibiotic resistance: nautil.us/the-cure-hid...

Testimonies to the therapeutic powers of #psychedelics abound. But explanations for what the brain actually does on these drugs are proving to be shaky. nautil.us/what-is-your...

Half of this year’s #NobelPrize winners in the U.S. were immigrants. Now, the Trump administration may be threatening the country’s Nobel future—and its top rank among global science powerhouses. nautil.us/will-trumps-...

In a recent @nautil.us article, #Dartmouth archaeologist Jesse Casana shares how he trained machine learning models to scan aerial images for ancient Roman forts, turning tedious hours of manual work into a high-tech collaboration.

Today's #NobelPrize in #Chemistry recognized the same revolutionary materials on display in this nano-sized art gallery: nautil.us/a-nano-sized...

The 2025 Physics Nobel Prize was awarded for macroscopic quantum tunneling. What is this and what is it good for? I have a brief summary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgjz...

Today's #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine recognized immune system research breakthroughs. Check out our previous coverage on "the immune system’s tricks for identifying foreign invaders." nautil.us/how-does-any...

A rare piece of good news: New research reveals how the Ampurta - a small carnivorous Australian marsupial - is thriving despite drought conditions. My story for @nautil.us showcases its nifty drought-resisting tricks that made this feat possible nautil.us/deep-sleep-i...

The passing of Jane Goodall, the primatologist who changed the the way science views non-human animals, has unleashed a flood of remembrances. Here are stories of Goodall's lasting legacy told by the people who knew her best. nautil.us/the-indomita...

A pediatrician responds to Trump and Kennedy on vaccines, autism, and Tylenol. Nautilus editor Kevin Berger talks with physician Rahul Parikh about the challenges of doctoring in days of disinformation. nautil.us/a-pediatrici...

The science within a ghost story told around the world may be linked to the first spark of life on Earth. nautil.us/ghostly-swam...

Diseases once relegated to history in the U.S. are poised to come surging back, causing childhood suffering and death. We have a way to prevent them. But what happens if we don't use it? Journalist @scudellari.bsky.social talked with researchers and physicians to find out. nautil.us/our-dark-unv...

As the hunt for extraterrestrial life accelerates, scholars propose we grant extraterrestrials legal rights, using as a model the growing global ”rights of nature” movement. nautil.us/extraterrest...

I had a wide-ranging conversation with psychologist Paul Bloom (@paulbloomatyale.bsky.social) about the pros and cons of AI chatbot companions, what babies have that AIs lack, and more, for @nautil.us: nautil.us/whats-wrong-...

These scientists learned to look at frog reproductive biology through a completely different lens by adopting a queer feminist approach to framing the messiness of life. nautil.us/the-queer-li...

🐶Think your dog is smart? Playing fetch just became a whole new intellectual ballgame: Some dogs can go beyond learning hundreds of words to generalizing what sorts of things their toys might be used for. nautil.us/some-dogs-ca...

Some scientists want to create creatures that defy nature, claiming they can benefit drug development—but others say it’s too dangerous to attempt. nautil.us/what-to-know...

From Stone Age axes to internet memes, humans have the most complex cultures on Earth. Scientists have long thought culture helped drive our survival and reproduction. Now some scientists say that culture has actually overtaken genetics as the leading force shaping human evolution. bit.ly/3K8Goth

In my new @nautil.us article, I use a lot of recent research to argue that rocky exoplanets on eccentric orbits are often very good candidates for life. (At least, eccentric/inclined orbits should not be used as a negative for habitability) nautil.us/wild-orbits-...

Our recent work (which came out in Proceedings B doi.org/10.1098/rspb...) featured in @nautil.us. Can I Give You Some Advice? nautil.us/can-i-give-y...

H.A. Rey, co-creator of Curious George, was born #OTD in 1898. But his work extended beyond the mischievous monkey: Recently, I wrote about Rey's popular #astronomy books, which brought the stars to a generation of skywatchers: @nautil.us nautil.us/readers-love...

I wrote about Ting's work for @nautil.us before the topic became trendy. nautil.us/mirror-image...

Delighted to have an excerpt from STRATA out in @nautil.us this week! 🪨🌏💫 nautil.us/the-stories-...

In addition to an excerpt I have out in @nautil.us this week (nautil.us/the-stories-...) ...I also had a lot of fun writing this 3 Greatest Revelations piece about what surprised me as I researched the book: nautil.us/when-earth-h...

Black holes refuse to cooperate with Albert Einstein’s model that explains the workings of gravity — but what if we consider black holes less as gravitational bodies and more as quantum objects? Learn more in tomorrow's free story in the Nautilus newsletter. Sign up at the link in our bio!

Scientists are working to rewrite the genetic code. One aspiring creation within this field "would be unlike anything alive today—and perhaps unlike anything that has ever existed on Earth." Learn more in the free story in this weekend's newsletter. Sign up in our bio!

Paul Stamets thinks plenty of problems can be solved by fungi—devastating bee diseases included. Get more details in the free story in tomorrow's newsletter. Sign up at the link in our bio!

I’m excited to say the article I published last week in the MIT Press Reader has now been republished in both Popular Science (@popsci.com‬) and Nautilus (@nautil.us‬). It’s a short-form overview of my book, Gaming Cancer. popsci.com/healt… nautil.us/gamin��� thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-c…

Physicists have a lot to say about time, but so do neuroscientists -- after all, it's the brain which in some sense creates time, and enables our remarkable capacity for "mental time travel." I spoke with neuroscientist @deanbuono.bsky.social for @nautil.us: nautil.us/does-anybody... #science

It's tempting to call a crocodile a "living fossil"—but do those even exist? Ferris Jabr investigates in the free story in tomorrow's newsletter. Sign up at the link in our bio.

Why are humans so convinced comets portend doom? In the free story in tomorrow's newsletter, author Clayton Dalton goes deep into our desire to parse the unexpected through stories. Sign up at the link in our bio!

In 2011, a weird finding deep below the Earth's surface threatened to "rattle the foundation of physics like it hadn’t been rattled since 1900." Get more details in the free story in tomorrow's Nautilus newsletter. Sign up at the link in our bio!

Forget the stereotypes — fish are way smarter than you think. Find out more in the free story in tomorrow's newsletter. Sign up at the link in our bio!

Languages "settle" into landscapes like physical artifacts do. Learn about the rich information hidden in language in the free story in this weekend’s newsletter. Sign up at the link in our bio!

5. "Evolution and Guinea Pig Toes," Zachary B. Hancock @nautil.us "It’s a complex idea, but Hancock is a skilled guide . . . ." nautil.us/evolution-an...

More than 20,000 feet up in the Himalayas, people hunt for gold in the form of a prized fungus—but it’s facing some serious threats. Learn more in the free story in tomorrow’s newsletter! Sign up at the link in our bio.

It’s time to make human-chimp hybrids, argues evolutionary biologist David P. Barash—and the humanzee is more realistic of a feat than you’d think. Learn why in the free story in tomorrow's newsletter. Sign up at the link in our bio!

Do you know the father of digital life as we know it today? His offspring include AI, Siri, and Pixar, but he remains surprisingly unknown. Meet him in the free story in this weekend's Nautilus newsletter. Sign up at the link in our bio!

"We want time to be gentle, but not to stop." A pick from the @nautil.us archives, from David Shultz: nautil.us/the-gravekee...

check out my new article published in @nautil.us on Sewall Wright's famous shifting-balance theory of evolution, told through the lens of his work with guinea pigs! nautil.us/evolution-an...

Is all matter conscious? Investigating this nebulous question could “solve two of the hardest problems in science and philosophy at once.” Find out more in the free story in tomorrow’s newsletter. Sign up at the link in our bio!

Physicians often use race to try to provide more equitable care. But that can end up harming patients. Learn more in the free story in tomorrow's Nautilus newsletter. Subscribe at the link in our bio!

The hunt for elusive dark matter can actually teach us a lot about ourselves—the strange substance’s name suggests that “we all want a path from Darkness to Light.” Hear how darkness pervades our imaginations in the free story in tomorrow's newsletter. Sign up at the link in our bio!

If humans ever settle on Mars, these Red Planet residents would “undergo some of the most dramatic evolutionary changes in the human lineage.” Learn what could go down up there in tomorrow’s newsletter by signing up at the link in our bio!