nautil.us Open in urlscan Pro
2606:4700::6812:1c1c  Public Scan

URL: https://nautil.us/
Submission: On April 19 via manual from IN — Scanned from US

Form analysis 3 forms found in the DOM

GET https://nautil.us/

<form role="search" method="get" class="search-inp-wrap responsive-search" action="https://nautil.us/">
  <label>
    <span class="screen-reader-text"></span>
    <input type="search" class="form-control aa-input" placeholder="Search Nautilus..." value="" name="s" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false" role="combobox" aria-autocomplete="list" aria-expanded="false" aria-owns="algolia-autocomplete-listbox-0"
      dir="auto" style="">
    <pre aria-hidden="true"
      style="position: absolute; visibility: hidden; white-space: pre; font-family: &quot;FreightSans Pro Book&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-rendering: auto; text-transform: none;"></pre>
  </label>
  <button type="submit" class="search-submit" value="Search">
    <img decoding="async" src="https://nautil.us/wp-content/themes/nautilus-block-theme/images/icons/search-dark.svg" class="icon-search" alt="search icon" width="28" height="28">
  </button>
</form>

GET https://nautil.us/

<form role="search" method="get" class="search-form" action="https://nautil.us/">
  <label>
    <span class="screen-reader-text">Search for:</span>
    <input type="search" class="search-field aa-input" placeholder="Search …" value="" name="s" autocomplete="off" spellcheck="false" role="combobox" aria-autocomplete="list" aria-expanded="false" aria-owns="algolia-autocomplete-listbox-2" dir="auto"
      style="">
    <pre aria-hidden="true"
      style="position: absolute; visibility: hidden; white-space: pre; font-family: &quot;FreightSans Pro Book&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-rendering: auto; text-transform: none;"></pre>
  </label>
  <input type="submit" class="search-submit" value="Search">
</form>

POST

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" class="frm-show-form top-newsletter-form frm_js_validate  frm_pro_form  frm_ajax_submit " id="form_newsletter-signup-embedded" data-token="d612d7a1ea822ed5e84d5cb3619e8c30">
  <div class="frm_form_fields ">
    <fieldset>
      <legend class="frm_screen_reader">Newsletter Signup (Embedded)</legend>
      <div class="frm_fields_container">
        <input type="hidden" name="frm_action" value="create">
        <input type="hidden" name="form_id" value="47">
        <input type="hidden" name="frm_hide_fields_47" id="frm_hide_fields_47" value="">
        <input type="hidden" name="form_key" value="newsletter-signup-embedded">
        <input type="hidden" name="item_meta[0]" value="">
        <input type="hidden" id="frm_submit_entry_47" name="frm_submit_entry_47" value="7d3adac203"><input type="hidden" name="_wp_http_referer" value="/">
        <div id="frm_field_356_container" class="frm_form_field form-field frm_required_field frm_inside_container frm6">
          <label for="field_email_nl_embed" id="field_email_nl_embed_label" class="frm_primary_label">Email <span class="frm_required">*</span>
          </label>
          <input type="email" id="field_email_nl_embed" name="item_meta[356]" value="" placeholder="Subscribe to newsletter" data-reqmsg="This field cannot be blank." aria-required="true" data-invmsg="Email is invalid" aria-invalid="false">
        </div>
        <input type="hidden" name="item_meta[357]" id="field_js_utm_id_nl_embed" value="" data-invmsg="Campaign ID is invalid">
        <input type="hidden" name="item_meta[358]" id="field_js_utm_source_nl_embed" value="" data-invmsg="Source is invalid">
        <input type="hidden" name="item_meta[359]" id="field_js_utm_medium_nl_embed" value="" data-invmsg="Medium is invalid">
        <input type="hidden" name="item_meta[360]" id="field_js_utm_campaign_nl_embed" value="" data-invmsg="Campaign Name is invalid">
        <input type="hidden" name="item_meta[361]" id="field_js_utm_term_nl_embed" value="" data-invmsg="Campaign Term is invalid">
        <input type="hidden" name="item_meta[362]" id="field_js_utm_content_nl_embed" value="" data-invmsg="Campaign Content is invalid">
        <input type="hidden" name="item_meta[410]" id="field_rid_nl_embed" value="" data-invmsg="RID is invalid">
        <input type="hidden" name="item_key" value="">
        <div class="frm_verify" aria-hidden="true">
          <label for="frm_email_47"> If you are human, leave this field blank. </label>
          <input type="text" class="frm_verify" id="frm_email_47" name="frm_verify" value="">
        </div>
        <input name="frm_state" type="hidden" value="KlvCIRs9PrcBc/SyV6Q92xFKMsklFA03t6W0kym+RVpHuliyvSzDXPQvN5wZ+l9AEAoY4y4YkPyEEo9o10yy4tvC5WV8qSNT5WqwtWBQLu/LnaYg8IXfi1o89wtV6dPFWIz+jumxcpVie2hr7hHWA4y6GJkmhEBPlH7sOkPEWJbWJ85fu9GzERw1j6hLtiRg">
        <div class="frm_submit frm6">
          <button class="frm_button_submit frm_final_submit" type="submit" formnovalidate="formnovalidate">Join</button>
        </div>
      </div>
    </fieldset>
  </div>
</form>

Text Content

 * 
 * 

 * Channels
 * Topics
 * About
 * Contact us
 * Newsletter
 * Become a member
 * Shop

Channels

Art+Science

Biology + Beyond

Brain

Cosmos

Earth

Ocean

One Question

Quanta Abstractions

Science Philanthropy Alliance

Spark of Science

Women in Science & Engineering

Topics
 * Anthropology
 * Arts
 * Astronomy
 * Communication
 * Economics
 * Environment
 * Evolution
 * General
 * Genetics
 * Geoscience
 * Health
 * History
 * Math
 * Microbiology
 * Neuroscience
 * Paleontology
 * Philosophy
 * Physics
 * Psychology
 * Sociology
 * Technology
 * Zoology

PRIME MEMBER? LOGIN HERE

 * 
 * 
 * Subscribe


Close
Search for:




Login Subscribe

Previous
Zoology
Anthropology
Arts
Astronomy
Communication
Economics
Environment
Evolution
Genetics
Geoscience
Health
History
Math
Microbiology
Neuroscience
Paleontology
Philosophy
Physics
Psychology
Sociology
Technology
Zoology
Anthropology
Arts
Astronomy
Communication
Economics
Environment
Evolution
Genetics
Geoscience
Health
History
Math
Microbiology
Neuroscience
Paleontology
Philosophy
Physics
Psychology
Sociology
Technology
Zoology
Next

Health


IMMUNITY IS A MATTER OF TIMING

Vaccines, infections, and diseases can all be influenced by our circadian
rhythm.

 * By Diana Kwon
 * April 18, 2023

 * Environment
   
   
   HOW CAN WE STOP THE CO2 THAT PLANTS STORE FROM LEAKING BACK INTO THE AIR?
   
   One question for Eli Yablonovich, an applied physicist at UC Berkeley.
   
    * By Brian Gallagher
    * April 17, 2023

 * Physics
   
   
   THE ELECTRON IS SO ROUND THAT IT’S RULING OUT POTENTIAL NEW PARTICLES
   
   If the electron’s charge wasn’t perfectly round, it could reveal the
   existence of hidden particles. A new measurement approaches perfection.
   
    * By Zack Savitsky
    * April 14, 2023

 * Astronomy
   
   
   WHAT THE WEBB TELESCOPE REALLY SHOWED US ABOUT THE COSMOS’ BEGINNING
   
   And how the family business first took me there.
   
    * By Lina Zeldovich
    * April 13, 2023


CHANNELS

 * 
 * 

 * 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * 
 * 

 *  * Evolution
   
   
   ANIMAL SEX DETERMINATION IS WEIRDER THAN YOU THINK
   
    * By Danna Staaf
    * April 12, 2023
   
   Parasites, weather, and luck can play a role in determining whether some
   animals are male or female.

 * 
   Explore
   
    * Geoscience
   
   
   SEARCHING FOR THE RIVER OF WIND
   
    * By Elliot Rappaport
    * April 11, 2023
    * Ocean
   
   The jet stream is one of Earth’s defining features—but it wasn’t easy to
   find.

 * 
   Explore
   
    * Geoscience
   
   
   WHY IS SEA LEVEL RISE WORSE IN SOME PLACES?
   
    * By Katherine Harmon Courage
    * April 10, 2023
    * One Question
   
   One question for Sönke Dangendorf, a coastal flooding researcher at Tulane
   University.

Get the best of Nautilus. Become a prime member today.

Subscribe

 * Psychology
   
   
   SUGAR PILL NATION
   
   Even when we know they’re “fake,” placebos can tame our emotional distress.
   
    * By Shayla Love
    * April 10, 2023

 * Zoology
   
   
   THE STORY OF A LONELY ORCA
   
   After 53 years in captivity, she has a chance at a better life.
   
    * By Catherine DeNardo
    * April 7, 2023

 * Health
   
   
   IS THERE ANY PLACE FOR RACE IN MEDICINE?
   
   Medicine uses race to try to provide more equitable care. But that
   prescription likely does more harm.
   
    * By Amitha Kalaichandran
    * April 5, 2023

 * Psychology
   
   
   TO SUPERCHARGE LEARNING, LOOK TO PLAY
   
   Play and art engage all of our senses and enhance attention.
   
    * By Susan Magsamen & Ivy Ross
    * April 4, 2023

 * Health
   
   
   EXERCISE IS GREAT FOR OUR BRAINS, TOO, RIGHT?
   
   One question for Luis Ciria, a neuroscientist at the University of Granada.
   
    * By Brian Gallagher
    * April 3, 2023

 * Environment
   
   
   THE HIGHEST TRUTH
   
   Even if we can change a memory, should we? It’s a profound question. It’s
   about the core of humanity. At times, science can reduce us to machines.
   Under the hood, we have the same parts, more or less. The neurochemicals that
   fuel the brain, including the creation and recall of memories, work pretty
   much the […]
   
    * By Kevin Berger
    * March 30, 2023

 *  * Evolution
   
   
   THE SPIRITUAL MATERIALIST
   
    * By Alan Lightman
    * March 30, 2023
   
   How transcendent feelings arise from the forces of Darwinian natural
   selection.

 * 
   Explore
   
    * Astronomy
   
   
   ASTRONOMERS DIG UP THE STARS THAT BIRTHED THE MILKY WAY
   
    * By Lyndie Chiou
    * March 29, 2023
    * Quanta Abstractions
   
   There once was a cosmic seed that sprouted the Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers
   have discovered its last surviving remnants.

 *  * Technology
   
   
   WHAT DOES CHATGPT KNOW ABOUT SCIENCE?
   
    * By Sidney Perkowitz
    * March 28, 2023
   
   AI-powered chatbots get science facts basically right, but their reasoning is
   still shallow.

 * 
   Explore
   
    * Technology
   
   
   DOES GPT-4 REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE’RE SAYING?
   
    * By Brian Gallagher
    * March 27, 2023
    * One Question
   
   One question for David Krakauer, an evolutionary theorist and president of
   the Santa Fe Institute for complexity science.

 *  * Zoology
   
   
   ANIMAL PERSONALITIES CAN TRIP UP SCIENCE, BUT THERE’S A SOLUTION
   
    * By Elizabeth Preston
    * March 24, 2023
   
   Individual behavior patterns may skew studies. A “STRANGE” new approach could
   help.

 *  * Health
   
   
   WHY DOCTORS CAN’T NAME FEMALE ANATOMY
   
    * By Rachel E. Gross
    * March 22, 2023
   
   A vulva by any other name … causes confusion and unnecessary suffering.

 *  * Astronomy
   
   
   THE DWARF PLANET ON OUR DOORSTEP
   
    * By Sean Raymond
    * March 21, 2023
   
   The series of fortunate astrophysical events that gave us Ceres.


Show More


NAUTILUS: SCIENCE CONNECTED

Nautilus is a different kind of science magazine. Our stories take you into the
depths of science and spotlight its ripples in our lives and cultures.

GET THE NAUTILUS NEWSLETTER

Cutting-edge science, unraveled by the very brightest living thinkers.

Newsletter Signup (Embedded)
Email *
If you are human, leave this field blank.
Join

QUICK LINKS

 * Home
 * About Us
 * Contact
 * FAQ
 * Prime
 * Ebook
 * Shop

 * Donate
 * Awards and Press
 * Privacy Policy
 * Terms of Service
 * RSS
 * Jobs
 * Newsletter
 * Ethics Policy

SOCIAL

 * 
 * 
 * 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

© 2023 NautilusNext Inc., All rights reserved.