Culture | Sociology
eBook Editions
Download by the issue and read Nautilus fromyour ebook reader of choice
ebook editions
Chapter one
Truth or Dare
Matter | Physics
The Astrophysicists Who Faked It
The inside story of the gravitational wave signal injection.
Biology | Microbiology
How Water Can Identify Murder Victims and Fake Scotch
These maps pinpoint an object’s origins by the isotope ratio in the water.
Biology | Animals
This Doesn’t Sound Tasty
How moths bat away their predators.
Numbers | Math
How to Fake It So No One Notices
Seek balance in all things—including subterfuge.
Chapter two
All in Your Head
Biology | Health
Why You Can’t Help But Act Your Age
The surprising relationship between mindset and getting old.
Biology | Evolution
When Pseudosex Is Better Than the Real Thing
What we can learn about evolution from species who thrive without sexual reproduction.
Culture | Neuroscience
How Your Brain Decides Without You
In a world full of ambiguity, we see what we want to see.
Biology | Health
On Your Birthday, You’re Not Celebrating What You Think
Scientists are trying to study biological aging without defining it, and that’s a problem.
Culture | Neuroscience
To Understand Facebook, Study Capgras Syndrome
This mental disorder gives us a unique insight into the digital age.
Chapter three
Check the Data
Matter | Aliens
Is Physical Law an Alien Intelligence?
Alien life could be so advanced it becomes indistinguishable from physics.
Biology | Genetics
The Case for Bringing Back the Passenger Pigeon
One geneticist’s quest to de-extinct what was once one of the world’s most abundant birds.
Culture | Psychology
Catch Us If You Can
We like impostor stories because we’re afraid we’re impostors ourselves.
Biology | Neuroscience
What to Do If You Get Seasick on Dry Land
A new therapy holds hope for sufferers of Mal de Debarquement syndrome.
Chapter four
Real & Imagined
Matter | Chemistry
Authenticity in the Age of the Fake
As science blurs the real and unreal, we are learning to distinguish them in new ways.
Culture | Science Practice
Why Fake Data When You Can Fake a Scientist?
Making up names and CVs is one of the latest tricks to game scientific metrics.
Biology | Health
Ingenious: Leonard Hayflick
One of the world’s preeminent experts on aging on his life in research.
Ideas | Art
The World’s Most Inspirational Iceberg Isn’t What It Seems
The professional photographer who created a popular poster image takes it apart.
Biology | Oceanography
Spark of Science: Lisa Becking
A marine biologist talks about the wonders of hidden lakes.
Culture | Psychology
Sick for Attention
Meet five Munchausen patients who went to desperate lengths to fake illness.
Related Facts So Romantic
“Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.” —Jules Verne
See All Blog Posts-
Culture
Fake News Is an Old Problem
In a presidential campaign that seemed to break rules of political decorum daily, one of the more alarming developments was the rise of a new kind of media: fake news. “Obama FURIOUS…
Read More -
Culture
How Will Our Religions Handle the Discovery of Alien Life?
What would your priest, rabbi, or imam say if we discovered alien life?For the religious, knowing that life on Earth is not unique may demand radical new ways of thinking about ourselves:…
Read More -
Culture
How a Genius Is Different from a Really Smart Person
The most intelligent two percent of people in the world. These are the people who qualify for membership in Mensa, an exclusive international society open only to people who score at or…
Read More -
Matter
A New Threat to Oceans: Deep-Sea Mining for Precious Metals
Around 500 miles southeast of the bright turquoise waters at Honolulu Harbor, and two and a half miles down to the dark ocean floor, a massive carpet of potato-sized rocks stretches thousands…
Read More
