Evolution and Guinea Pig Toes
A gray, bespectacled old man, in a voice that was quiet and timid, suggested to the audience of animal breeders and geneticists that he had perhaps overworked the word balance.
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AI Has Already Run Us Over the Cliff
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.
Clergy Blown Away by Psilocybin
The full Nautilus archive • eBooks & Special Editions • Ad-free reading The full Nautilus archive eBooks & Special Editions Ad-free reading Almost a decade ago, a Baptist Biblical scholar,
Could Iran Have Been Close to Making a Nuclear Weapon? Uranium Enrichment Explained
When Israeli aircraft recently struck a uranium-enrichment complex in the nation, Iran could have been days away from achieving “breakout,” the ability to quickly turn “yellowcake” uranium into bomb-grade fuel,
Five Climate Issues to Watch When Trump Goes to Canada
CLIMATEWIRE | The world’s richest nations are gathering Sunday in the Canadian Rockies for a summit that could reveal whether President Donald Trump’s policies are shaking global climate efforts. The
Air-Conditioning Can Help the Power Grid instead of Overloading It
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. As summer arrives, people are turning on air conditioners in most of the
How a Tiny Brain Region Guides Generosity
Imagine it’s Saturday morning. You’re sipping coffee when your best friend texts, “Any chance you could help me move today?” You sigh—there go your weekend plans—but reply, “Of course.” That
Quantum Computers Simulate Particle ‘String Breaking’ in a Physics Breakthrough
Physicists are a step closer to using quantum computers for simulations that are beyond the ability of any ordinary computers By Davide Castelvecchi & Nature magazine The Aquila magneto-optical trap
Telecom Expert Honored By IEEE Standards Association
Growing up in Taipei, Taiwan, in the 1960s with limited access to television and other forms of entertainment, Kevin Lu amused himself by examining how machines worked. He became fascinated
Microwaves seem to experience imaginary time – and now we know how
Physics Almost a decade ago, researchers calculated that microwaves can seemingly spend an imaginary amount of time within a material – now an experiment reveals how the phenomenon is perfectly
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