Reading List 04/11/2026
Is the Strait of Hormuz open yet, building code cost benefit analysis, Intel joining Terafab, sponge cities, and more.
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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.
Why Do We Tell Ourselves Scary Stories About AI?
Our tales of AI developing the will to survive, commandeer resources, and manipulate people say more about us than they do about language models. The post Why Do We Tell Ourselves Scary S
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The death rays that guard life, Out Loud
We disinfect water before we drink it. Germicidal ultraviolet could make airborne disease as rare as those carried by water.
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 mindâs eye The post The Biological Basis of Imagination appeared first on Nautilus.
How Nicotine Disrupts the âLung-Brain AxisââAnd Could Lead to Dementia
Vaping might be just as bad The post How Nicotine Disrupts the âLung-Brain AxisââAnd 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
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Helium Is Hard to Replace
The war in Iran, and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has unfortunately made us all familiar with details of the petroleum supply chain that we could formerly happily ignore.
A Mathematical âSniff Testâ for Fish Freshness
How fresh is your fish? The post A Mathematical âSniff Testâ 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.
Experiments Ring the âDeath Knellâ for Sterile Neutrinos
Decades of weird experimental results appeared to support the existence of the sterile neutrino, a hypothetical particle that would solve multiple mysteries. But recent experiments have killed hope of
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This Record-Breaking Octopus Fossil Isnât an Octopus After All
Uncovering a case of mistaken cephalopod identity The post This Record-Breaking Octopus Fossil Isnât 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
Weâve 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 arenât 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.
Announcing the 2026 Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive
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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.
An Arctic Road Trip Brings Vital Underground Networks into View
A vast meshwork of soil-bound fungi governs life aboveground. In Alaska, and at field sites around the world, researchers are racing to understand exactly how, with essential stores of carbon at stake
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.
The creation of instant coffee
The convenience of instant coffee masks a surprisingly difficult problem.
Reading List 04/04/2026
Aluminum disruptions, the EV rust belt, the ongoing transformer shortage, SpaceXâs IPO, and more
Cosmic Mysteries Swirl Around âForbidden Planetâ
Whatâs going on here? The post Cosmic Mysteries Swirl Around âForbidden Planetâ appeared first on Nautilus.
The Best Photos of the Artemis II Mission (So Far)
Humans havenât 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 Wonât Stop Flattering Me
An interview with Anthropicâs chatbot about sycophantic AI and how to guard against it The post I Asked Claude Why It Wonât 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.
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