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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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The Ocean Odyssey of Wilson

2 days ago | nautil.us | Kristen French

In the 2000 Hollywood blockbuster Cast Away, Tom Hanks plays Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems analyst who becomes stranded on a desert island and, desperate for companionship, begins conversing with a volleyball he finds washed up on the sand. He names it Wilson and gives it a mohawk of reeds for hair. Near the end of the movie, Wilson the volleyball slips off a raft and floats away to sea, devastating Noland. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now .
Our Boiling Seas

4 days ago | nautil.us | Elena Kazamia

The full Nautilus archive • eBooks & Special Editions • Ad-free reading The full Nautilus archive eBooks & Special Editions Ad-free reading The red handfish is a surly-looking creature native to seas surrounding Tasmania, with a boxer’s face and a ruddy complexion that’s eerily translucent.
The Water Bear-from First Look to Facebook

4 days ago | nautil.us | Katherine Harmon Courage

One night in the 1770s, an optician showed a pastor a microscope. The theologian, Johann August Ephraim Goeze, was so taken that he sold his library to purchase one for himself. “The very next day, he began his exploration of the microscopic world,” writes Ralph O. Schill of the University of Stuttgart in Germany, in a paper about the discoveries Goeze would soon make. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now .
Building a Library of Reverberation with the Echo Thief

5 days ago | nautil.us | Kristen French

Chris Warren, aka the Echo Thief, sits in a chair in the center of his sound lab and sings. Each note hangs in the air, layering onto the next like a cake and building into a complex chord, creating a rich cathedral of sound. He is harmonizing with himself.
View the Sun's Freckles Closer Than Ever

5 days ago | nautil.us | Molly Glick

Our sizzling sun hosts plenty of fiery commotion. The star’s interior contains swirling, electrically charged gas called plasma. All this hubbub sparks intense magnetic fields. When the flowing plasma tangles magnetic field lines, it can prevent heat from rising to the surface, which creates freckles on the sun, known to scientists as sunspots.
Mapping the Earth’s Magnetism

1 week ago | nautil.us | Kristen French

As legend has it, a shepherd named Magnes first discovered magnetism. While traversing Mount Ida in what is now northwestern Turkey around 1000 B.C., he noticed that the metal cap of his staff and the nails in his shoes were ineluctably drawn to certain rocks. He dug to uncover the origin of this powerful attraction and discovered the mineral magnetite, a magnetic oxide of iron, suffusing a chunk of lodestone. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now .
Debunking Dangerous Views of Autism

1 week ago | nautil.us | Lina Zeldovich

When Catherine Lord was a psychology student a half century ago, she took part in a pioneering effort to move kids with autism from psychiatric institutions into the community. Lord was inspired by positive changes in the kids and devoted her life to developing therapies for people with autism and understanding the biology of the condition. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now .
A Mars Moon Rises at Dawn

1 week ago | nautil.us | Tom Metcalfe

A new photograph from the Perseverance rover on Mars shows the smaller of the planet’s two moons—named Deimos—glowing in the Martian sky shortly before sunrise. The origin of the moons has been shrouded in mystery since the beginnings of astronomy. Today, scientists are mostly split between the possibility that they once were parts of Mars itself or that they are asteroids that were captured by the planet’s gravity. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now .
Famous Sea Monster Gets a Name

1 week ago | nautil.us | Molly Glick

The answer to a famous sea monster mystery has finally bubbled to the surface: Multiple fossils from an 85-million-year-old marine reptile, previously described using the generic term “elasmosaurs,” have received a new genus and species name, Traskasaura sandrae. This creature, which somehow simultaneously resembles a penguin, zebra, giraffe, and a Tim Burton sandworm, stretched nearly 40 feet long, and had super sharp teeth—likely for crunching on shelled cephalopods called ammonites.
Slow-Speed, High-Stakes Chase

1 week ago | nautil.us | Krista Langlois

Across the sandy seafloor off the coast of Hawaii, a high-speed chase unfolds—or at least, what amounts to high speed for an echinoderm and a gastropod. The prey, a red pencil urchin (Heterocentrotus mamillatus), is ready for battle with its coat of thick spines. The predator, a type of sea snail known as a horned helmet (Cassis cornuta), carries its own armor: a helmet-shaped shell that protects the mushy mollusk within. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now .