Einstein rings are “the most elegant manifestation,” as NASA puts it, of a beguiling astrophysical phenomenon called gravitational lensing.

Brian Gallagher explains what this trippy gravitational phenomenon can tell us about the universe:

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“I think we’re all grappling with the ethical concerns around AI, and some of us are instinctively hostile or resistant, but the humanities simply has to be part of the conversation—or this new world advances without our input.”

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A 19th-century tale of hermaphrodite flowers, Charles Darwin, and women’s right to vote.

Read historian Rebecca Batley on The Feminist Botanist, Lydia Becker: nautil.us/the-feminist-b…

Over the past decade, cell biologist Andrew Dillin has uncovered the biochemical details of a novel pathway that regulates aging, in which mitochondria in cells across the body communicate about cellular health. | ⁦Nautilus Magazine⁩ #aging nautil.us/cells-across-t…

Over the past decade, cell biologist Andrew Dillin has uncovered the biochemical details of a novel pathway that regulates aging, in which mitochondria in cells across the body communicate about cellular health.

Viviane Callier 柯蔚文 explains:

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Scientist Paco Calvo diagnoses plant blindness in people who fail to see plants for what they really are: cognitive organisms endowed with memories, perceptions, and feelings, capable of learning from the past and anticipating the future #EarthDay

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'The reason why I’m not an atheist is because I don’t like absolutes of any kind...”

Physicist Alan Lightman argues that materialists don’t have to be atheists:

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'In 2019, researchers reported the rate of an asteroid larger than 3 miles across striking the Earth (and wiping out humanity) is approximately once every 6 million years.'

Paul M. Sutter believes that the time is now to prepare:

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Blackwater divers enter the ocean in the dead of night with bright lights and macro lenses, and the resulting images of tiny creatures going about their lives in full color reveal much more about their bodies and behaviors than ever before:

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'The brains of eminent creators were more efficient, meaning the recruitment of brain regions was much more focused compared to the non-eminent creators...'

Cognitive neuroscientist Evangelia Chrysikou explains what separates highly creative people:

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'We found that being high did not make participants less motivated than when they were sober...'

It's time to extinguish the slacker cliche. Here's what psychologist Michael Inzlicht and his colleagues learned about cannabis after a series of experiments:

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'When you spread out on a beach in Hawaii, you’re lying in animal waste.'

Joe Roman explains why all your favorite beaches are blankets of fish poop:

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'It isn’t unusual for somebody to manifest physical symptoms in the context of stories and stresses...'

Meet the neurologist who diagnoses psychosomatics:

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'Two-thirds of freshwater on planet Earth is locked away in the poles and ice caps and glaciers. And all we need is a few icebergs to really make a dent into this problem.'

How frozen freshwater can help save the planet:

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'It goes through the motions of scientific research without a real research question to answer, it follows all the correct methodology, but it doesn’t aspire to contribute to advance knowledge in the field.'

Why 'zombie' science is a major problem:

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#SciArtFriday ~2016 Artist-at-Sea rebecca rutstein’s immersive video installation “Blue Dreams” exhibited at the UN Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona, sponsored by UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳, Schmidt Ocean, & Nautilus Magazine #sciart #artandscience #videoart #oceandecade24
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'Gold standard clinical trials have long sought to separate out placebo effects from effective treatments, precisely because the placebo effects are so real...'

How placebos can tame our emotional distress, even when we know they're fake:

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Biologist Donald Nelson spent his life undoing the damage that 'Jaws' did to the perception of sharks by researching shark behavior up close for the first time.

Read Katharine Gammon on The Shark Whisperer: nautil.us/the-shark-whis…

Did you know that ritual is a key component of healthy psychological development?

Author Dimitris Xygalatas explains: nautil.us/what-intense-r…