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Cosmic Mysteries Swirl Around “Forbidden Planet”

3 Apr 2026

What’s going on here? The post Cosmic Mysteries Swirl Around “Forbidden Planet” (https://nautil.us/cosmic-mysteries-swirl-around-forbidden-planet-1279538/) appeared first on Nautilus

The Best Photos of the Artemis II Mission (So Far)

3 Apr 2026

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)

I Asked Claude Why It Won’t Stop Flattering Me

3 Apr 2026

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

I Asked Claude Why It Won’t Stop Flattering Me

3 Apr 2026

Your Biological Clock Can be Measured With a Hair Sample

3 Apr 2026

The new test opens opportunities for circadian medicine The post Your Biological Clock Can be Measured With a Hair Sample

Your Biological Clock Can be Measured With a Hair Sample

3 Apr 2026

A Poet of Science Who Shook Faith in God

3 Apr 2026

Biographer Richard Holmes reveals how Tennyson predated Darwin and speaks to us today The post A Poet of Science Who Shook Faith in God

A Poet of Science Who Shook Faith in God

3 Apr 2026

The Crowd-Sourced Science to Save Endangered Succulents

3 Apr 2026

Coalescing all known information about cacti for anyone who needs to know The post The Crowd-Sourced Science to Save Endangered Succulents

The Crowd-Sourced Science to Save Endangered Succulents

3 Apr 2026

AI Art Is Human Art

3 Apr 2026

An interview with a cognitive scientist about creativity and pleasure The post AI Art Is Human Art (https://nautil.us/ai-art-is-human-art-1279467/) appeared first on Nautilus (https://nautil.us).

AI Art Is Human Art

3 Apr 2026

What’s the Oldest Living Animal on Earth?

2 Apr 2026

Respect your elders The post What’s the Oldest Living Animal on Earth? (https://nautil.us/whats-the-oldest-living-animal-on-earth-1279472/) appeared first on Nautilus (https://nautil.us).

What’s the Oldest Living Animal on Earth?

2 Apr 2026

How to Track the Artemis II Mission

2 Apr 2026

And eavesdrop on mission control The post How to Track the Artemis II Mission (https://nautil.us/how-to-track-the-artemis-ii-mission-1279458/) appeared first on Nautilus (https://nautil.us).

How to Track the Artemis II Mission

2 Apr 2026

Are Gossiping Mushrooms Sharing Your Public Urination Secrets?

2 Apr 2026

Either way, show a little decorum, okay? The post Are Gossiping Mushrooms Sharing Your Public Urination Secrets?

Are Gossiping Mushrooms Sharing Your Public Urination Secrets?

2 Apr 2026

When Dogs First Became Man’s Best Friend

2 Apr 2026

Ancient canid DNA pushes date of dog domestication back millennia The post When Dogs First Became Man’s Best Friend (https://nautil.us/when-dogs-first-became-mans-best-friend-1279449/) appeared

When Dogs First Became Man’s Best Friend

2 Apr 2026

Meet the Arthropod That Originated Fangs

2 Apr 2026

The granddaddy of spiders pushes back the evolutionary clock The post Meet the Arthropod That Originated Fangs (https://nautil.us/meet-the-arthropod-that-originated-fangs-1279445/) appeared first on

Meet the Arthropod That Originated Fangs

2 Apr 2026

How Sleep Cleans the Brain

1 Apr 2026

A fresh look at your nightly brainwashing The post How Sleep Cleans the Brain (https://nautil.us/how-sleep-cleans-the-brain-1279438/) appeared first on Nautilus (https://nautil.us).

How Sleep Cleans the Brain

1 Apr 2026

Can Plants Count?

1 Apr 2026

It seems as though they can at least track the number of events in their environment The post Can Plants Count? (https://nautil.us/can-plants-count-1279432/) appeared first on Nautilus

Can Plants Count?

1 Apr 2026

Making AI More Human

1 Apr 2026

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

Making AI More Human

1 Apr 2026

Why Seals Twitch Their Whiskers

1 Apr 2026

And the trade-offs inherent to every twitch The post Why Seals Twitch Their Whiskers (https://nautil.us/why-seals-twitch-their-whiskers-1279420/) appeared first on Nautilus (https://nautil.us).

Why Seals Twitch Their Whiskers

1 Apr 2026

The Students Who Believe Practice Makes Perfect Get Pretty Perfect Grades

1 Apr 2026

There’s a reason it’s a popular aphorism The post The Students Who Believe Practice Makes Perfect Get Pretty Perfect Grades

The Students Who Believe Practice Makes Perfect Get Pretty Perfect Grades

1 Apr 2026

The Big-Game Elephants Neanderthals Hunted for Food

31 Mar 2026

A prehistoric butcher bonanza uncovered on an ancient German lakeshore The post The Big-Game Elephants Neanderthals Hunted for Food

The Big-Game Elephants Neanderthals Hunted for Food

31 Mar 2026

A Very Unscientific History of Scientific Hoaxes

31 Mar 2026

The past, present, and future of academic deception The post A Very Unscientific History of Scientific Hoaxes (https://nautil.us/a-very-unscientific-history-of-scientific-hoaxes-1279405/) appeared

A Very Unscientific History of Scientific Hoaxes

31 Mar 2026

Who Gets to Do Science?

31 Mar 2026

Who Gets to Do Science?

31 Mar 2026

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?

What Sharks Attacked 5 Million Years Ago

31 Mar 2026

What Sharks Attacked 5 Million Years Ago

31 Mar 2026

It wasn’t a great time to be a beluga-like whale The post What Sharks Attacked 5 Million Years Ago (https://nautil.us/what-sharks-attacked-5-million-years-ago-1279396/) appeared first on Nautilus

Ordinary Lab Gloves May Have Skewed Microplastic Data

30 Mar 2026

Ordinary Lab Gloves May Have Skewed Microplastic Data

30 Mar 2026

That doesn’t mean microplastics aren’t a problem, though The post Ordinary Lab Gloves May Have Skewed Microplastic Data

How Did Evolution Come Up With So Many Squids?

30 Mar 2026

It was a slow burn followed by a big bang The post How Did Evolution Come Up With So Many Squids? (https://nautil.us/how-did-evolution-come-up-with-so-many-squids-1279371/) appeared first on

Why You Should Root for the Apex Predator

30 Mar 2026

They’re indispensable ecosystem engineers The post Why You Should Root for the Apex Predator (https://nautil.us/why-you-should-root-for-the-apex-predator-1279365/) appeared first on Nautilus

These Seals Brave Polar Bear Country to Access an Ocean Buffet

30 Mar 2026

Conservation plans for climate change must consider both fear and food The post These Seals Brave Polar Bear Country to Access an Ocean Buffet

Now We Know What the Insects of the Jurassic Period Sounded Like

30 Mar 2026

Thanks to crickets and relatives playing their “washboards” The post Now We Know What the Insects of the Jurassic Period Sounded Like

The Giant Sloths and Armadillos of Prehistoric Texas

30 Mar 2026

Snorkeling scientists uncover a treasure trove of megafauna fossils in a flooded cave The post The Giant Sloths and Armadillos of Prehistoric Texas

New Ape Fossil Could Shift Our Evolutionary Origins Northward

27 Mar 2026

Ancestor of humans and other great apes turns up in Egypt The post New Ape Fossil Could Shift Our Evolutionary Origins Northward

The Science Behind Being One of a Kind

27 Mar 2026

Nature and nurture colliding The post The Science Behind Being One of a Kind (https://nautil.us/the-science-behind-being-one-of-a-kind-1279329/) appeared first on Nautilus (https://nautil.us).

When Fake Supplements Work

27 Mar 2026

A new twist on the placebo effect The post When Fake Supplements Work (https://nautil.us/when-fake-supplements-work-1279324/) appeared first on Nautilus (https://nautil.us).