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How Do Fish Know How to Build Nests?
Is it nature or nurture? The post How Do Fish Know How to Build Nests? appeared first on Nautilus.
The Bad Seed and the Problem of Blame
A conversation with behavioral geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden about the heritability of vice The post The Bad Seed and the Problem of Blame appeared first on Nautilus.
Why Kids Have Nightmares and How to Break the Cycle
Bad dreams can cause big problems The post Why Kids Have Nightmares and How to Break the Cycle appeared first on Nautilus.
What Comes After Artemis II
Artemis II was one small step in another giant leap The post What Comes After Artemis II appeared first on Nautilus.
Survival of the Wittiest
How verbal humor arose and how it protects us The post Survival of the Wittiest appeared first on Nautilus.
The Biological Basis of Imagination
Probing the mind’s eye The post The Biological Basis of Imagination appeared first on Nautilus.
How Nicotine Disrupts the “Lung-Brain Axis”—And Could Lead to Dementia
Vaping might be just as bad The post How Nicotine Disrupts the “Lung-Brain Axis”—And Could Lead to Dementia appeared first on Nautilus.
The Deep Secrets of the Nautilus
Evolutionary time has forged changes in these shelled cephalopods The post The Deep Secrets of the Nautilus appeared first on Nautilus.
This Is How People Who Use Emojis at Work Are Perceived
👍or 👎? The post This Is How People Who Use Emojis at Work Are Perceived appeared first on Nautilus.
A Mathematical “Sniff Test” for Fish Freshness
How fresh is your fish? The post A Mathematical “Sniff Test” for Fish Freshness appeared first on Nautilus.
How Your Neighborhood Could be Aging You
Your zip code might affect you on a cellular level The post How Your Neighborhood Could be Aging You appeared first on Nautilus.
How Childhood Dementia Ravages the Brain
Sanfilippo syndrome is a heartbreaking disease The post How Childhood Dementia Ravages the Brain appeared first on Nautilus.
Is This Brain Cell the Key to Controlling Appetite?
A star-shaped support cell may have a starring role in hunger The post Is This Brain Cell the Key to Controlling Appetite? appeared first on Nautilus.
This Record-Breaking Octopus Fossil Isn’t an Octopus After All
Uncovering a case of mistaken cephalopod identity The post This Record-Breaking Octopus Fossil Isn’t an Octopus After All appeared first on Nautilus.
The Mystery of Water on the Moon
Where it is, and how it got there The post The Mystery of Water on the Moon appeared first on Nautilus.
The Costs of Feeling Lonely in a Crowd
An interview with a loneliness researcher about the varieties of social isolation The post The Costs of Feeling Lonely in a Crowd appeared first on Nautilus.
Time Brings Order to the Universe
These scientists are proposing a new law of nature The post Time Brings Order to the Universe appeared first on Nautilus.
How Video Calling Worked Almost 100 Years Ago
We’ve come a long way since then The post How Video Calling Worked Almost 100 Years Ago appeared first on Nautilus.
The Creator of the SAT Was an Infamous Eugenicist
The racist origin story of the most common college entrance exam The post The Creator of the SAT Was an Infamous Eugenicist appeared first on Nautilus.
What Happened to the Ancient Bug Giants of 300 Million Years Ago?
Insects just aren’t what they used to be The post What Happened to the Ancient Bug Giants of 300 Million Years Ago? appeared first on Nautilus.
Did This 17th-Century Novel Presage the Coming Artemis II Observations?
When a father of astronomy wrote the first science-fiction book about the dark side of the moon The post Did This 17th-Century Novel Presage the Coming Artemis II Observations? appeared first on Nauti
Bumblebees Bounce to the Beat
Suggesting deep evolutionary roots of rhythm in animals The post Bumblebees Bounce to the Beat appeared first on Nautilus.
Unraveling the Chemical Secrets of a Wholesome Plant-Pollinator Relationship
Timing is key The post Unraveling the Chemical Secrets of a Wholesome Plant-Pollinator Relationship appeared first on Nautilus.
What Goes On Inside a Ripening Banana
The transition from green to yellow is more complicated than previously thought The post What Goes On Inside a Ripening Banana appeared first on Nautilus.
Cosmic Mysteries Swirl Around “Forbidden Planet”
What’s going on here? The post Cosmic Mysteries Swirl Around “Forbidden Planet” appeared first on Nautilus.
The Best Photos of the Artemis II Mission (So Far)
Humans haven’t taken photos of Earth from this distance in half a century The post The Best Photos of the Artemis II Mission (So Far) appeared first on Nautilus.
I Asked Claude Why It Won’t Stop Flattering Me
An interview with Anthropic’s chatbot about sycophantic AI and how to guard against it The post I Asked Claude Why It Won’t Stop Flattering Me appeared first on Nautilus.
Your Biological Clock Can be Measured With a Hair Sample
The new test opens opportunities for circadian medicine The post Your Biological Clock Can be Measured With a Hair Sample appeared first on Nautilus.
A Poet of Science Who Shook Faith in God
Biographer Richard Holmes reveals how Tennyson predated Darwin and speaks to us today The post A Poet of Science Who Shook Faith in God appeared first on Nautilus.
The Crowd-Sourced Science to Save Endangered Succulents
Coalescing all known information about cacti for anyone who needs to know The post The Crowd-Sourced Science to Save Endangered Succulents appeared first on Nautilus.
AI Art Is Human Art
An interview with a cognitive scientist about creativity and pleasure The post AI Art Is Human Art appeared first on Nautilus.
What’s the Oldest Living Animal on Earth?
Respect your elders The post What’s the Oldest Living Animal on Earth? appeared first on Nautilus.
How to Track the Artemis II Mission
And eavesdrop on mission control The post How to Track the Artemis II Mission appeared first on Nautilus.
Are Gossiping Mushrooms Sharing Your Public Urination Secrets?
Either way, show a little decorum, okay? The post Are Gossiping Mushrooms Sharing Your Public Urination Secrets? appeared first on Nautilus.
When Dogs First Became Man’s Best Friend
Ancient canid DNA pushes date of dog domestication back millennia The post When Dogs First Became Man’s Best Friend appeared first on Nautilus.
Meet the Arthropod That Originated Fangs
The granddaddy of spiders pushes back the evolutionary clock The post Meet the Arthropod That Originated Fangs appeared first on Nautilus.
How Sleep Cleans the Brain
A fresh look at your nightly brainwashing The post How Sleep Cleans the Brain appeared first on Nautilus.
Can Plants Count?
It seems as though they can at least track the number of events in their environment The post Can Plants Count? appeared first on Nautilus.
Making AI More Human
An interview with Berkeley researcher and author Nina Begus about her new book and proposal to fuse science and the humanities The post Making AI More Human appeared first on Nautilus.
Why Seals Twitch Their Whiskers
And the trade-offs inherent to every twitch The post Why Seals Twitch Their Whiskers appeared first on Nautilus.
The Students Who Believe Practice Makes Perfect Get Pretty Perfect Grades
There’s a reason it’s a popular aphorism The post The Students Who Believe Practice Makes Perfect Get Pretty Perfect Grades appeared first on Nautilus.
The Big-Game Elephants Neanderthals Hunted for Food
A prehistoric butcher bonanza uncovered on an ancient German lakeshore The post The Big-Game Elephants Neanderthals Hunted for Food appeared first on Nautilus.
A Very Unscientific History of Scientific Hoaxes
The past, present, and future of academic deception The post A Very Unscientific History of Scientific Hoaxes appeared first on Nautilus.
Who Gets to Do Science?
A neuroscientist who spent the last decade tearing down the class, race, and language barriers that keep people like him out of research The post Who Gets to Do Science? appeared first on Nautilus.
What Sharks Attacked 5 Million Years Ago
It wasn’t a great time to be a beluga-like whale The post What Sharks Attacked 5 Million Years Ago appeared first on Nautilus.
Ordinary Lab Gloves May Have Skewed Microplastic Data
That doesn’t mean microplastics aren’t a problem, though The post Ordinary Lab Gloves May Have Skewed Microplastic Data appeared first on Nautilus.
How Did Evolution Come Up With So Many Squids?
It was a slow burn followed by a big bang The post How Did Evolution Come Up With So Many Squids? appeared first on Nautilus.
Why You Should Root for the Apex Predator
They’re indispensable ecosystem engineers The post Why You Should Root for the Apex Predator appeared first on Nautilus.
These Seals Brave Polar Bear Country to Access an Ocean Buffet
Conservation plans for climate change must consider both fear and food The post These Seals Brave Polar Bear Country to Access an Ocean Buffet appeared first on Nautilus.
Now We Know What the Insects of the Jurassic Period Sounded Like
Thanks to crickets and relatives playing their “washboards” The post Now We Know What the Insects of the Jurassic Period Sounded Like appeared first on Nautilus.