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Nautilus stands out as a unique science magazine that blends science, philosophy, and culture. We provide fresh insights into what makes us human and our place in the universe, all presented with stunning illustrations. Each month, we dive deep into a specific theme, collaborating with award-winning writers and talented illustrators to create engaging features that redefine science reporting—captivating, thought-provoking, and original. Nautilus offers long-form articles in both online and print formats, along with a blog called Facts So Romantic and a news feature known as Three Sentence Science. With its captivating content and a sense of wonder, Nautilus exemplifies the essence of quality science journalism.

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An Elephant's Tusk Never Forgets

2 days ago | nautil.us | Molly Glick

As the Siberian permafrost melts, it’s revealing an increasing number of millennia-old woolly mammoth tusks. These ancient tusks might be sating some of the global demand for ivory from endangered African elephants. But not enough. Between poaching and habitat loss, African elephant populations have plummeted in recent decades. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now .
Orcas are Using Kelp to Create Massage Rollers

4 days ago | nautil.us | Sarah DeWeerdt

One day last June, scientists from the Center for Whale Research launched a drone camera above a group of orcas swimming off the coast of Washington State. They captured 20 minutes of footage featuring a whale known as Shachi interacting with her young grandson, Nova. The whales gently rolled against each other’s sides and braided their bodies together in what at first seemed like a particularly vivid example of the orcas’ social, tactile nature. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience.
The Woman Behind the World’s Biggest Camera

4 days ago | nautil.us | Molly Glick

Today, the world will get its first glimpse at the cosmos through the eyes of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which is perched atop Cerro Pachón, a nearly 9,000-foot peak in Chile. The Rubin Observatory is kicking off a decade-long “movie” shoot: With the world’s largest camera ever constructed and one of the most powerful telescopes, the observatory will capture vast swaths of the visible sky, providing a super-crisp, unprecedented “time-lapse” of the universe.
What We Misunderstand About Robots

1 week ago | nautil.us | Brandon Keim

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How Neanderthals Made it to Siberia the 2nd Time

1 week ago | nautil.us | Kristen French

Tens of thousands of years ago, during the Pleistocene epoch, Neanderthals trekked more than 2,000 miles on foot from the Caucasus Mountains in Eastern Europe to a chain of caves in the Altai Mountains of Siberia. The journey likely took them just 2,000 years, a new study finds, a relative sprint considering the many major obstacles in their way: dramatic mountain ranges, massive rivers, and potentially hostile evolutionary cousins. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience.
How Ancient Beasts Spread Sweet Fruits

1 week ago | nautil.us | Molly Glick

In lush South American forests millions of years ago, trees and massive animals might have helped each other thrive. Trees evolved oversized fruits, which attracted hulking creatures such as mastodons during the Pleistocene epoch. Their menu might have included the bright yellow Chilean palm, the smoky chañar, and the creamy keule. In turn, these beasts may have shepherded seeds long distances via their dung, expanding the trees’ distribution and encouraging genetic diversity.
How to Build a Planet from Dust

1 week ago | nautil.us | Katherine Harmon Courage

Interstellar dust tends to be very, very small. Take your average dust mote floating in a ray of sunlight here on Earth and shrink it down to about 1,000th of its size, then you have a typical grain of space dust. So scientists have long wondered how such small things could ever accumulate into something so large as a pebble, let alone an entire rocky planet. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now .
How To Tell If You’re Dead

1 week ago | nautil.us | Amanda Heidt

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Today’s Octopus Maps May Bias People Against Migrants

1 week ago | nautil.us | Molly Glick

For centuries, an odd form of iconography has maintained a stranglehold over the globe: the octopus map. Political cartoonists and mapmakers have long used the creature to illustrate a wide variety of forces threatening to throttle their foes: from empires, religious groups, and ideologies to financial systems—even abstract concepts such as the great unknown. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Take famed British satirist Fred W.
AI Has Already Run Us Over the Cliff

2 weeks ago | nautil.us | Nick Hilden

Early in his new book These Strange New Minds, Oxford cognitive neuroscience professor and U.K. Google DeepMind AI researcher Chris Summerfield describes a classic cartoon scene in which Wile E. Coyote has just been led over a cliff by Road Runner, his legs churning for solid ground as he briefly hovers above the canyon below, moments from a catastrophic plunge. “I am writing this book because we have just gone over that cliff,” asserts Summerfield.