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Physicists Say Google’s Quantum Computer Is Still Far From Practical - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus
Google and company claim that their quantum computer can do in 200 seconds what it would...
The Problem with the Frozen Poop Knife Study - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus
In an experiment designed to test whether a tool forged by the cold from human waste...
The Lightning Beneath Our Feet - Issue 77: Underworlds - Nautilus
An earthquake shook the central Italian city of L’Aquila in the early morning of April 6,...
Why We’re Drawn Into Darkness - Issue 77: Underworlds - Nautilus
Robert Macfarlane grew up obsessed twith climbing mountains and nearly died on several occasions as he...
Is the Search for Dark Matter an Act of Faith? - Issue 77: Underworlds - Nautilus
The young physicist sits at his computer, watching for signals from Cygnus. His name is Christopher...
The Strange Physics of How Babies Talk - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus
Different arrangements of words can be likened to microstates in statistical mechanics—the total set of ways...
Why Campaigns to Change Language Often Backfire - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus
How much evidence is there for the notion that attitudes and behavior can be shaped by...
Why Red Means Red in Almost Every Language - Issue 76: Language - Nautilus
When Paul Kay, then an anthropology graduate student at Harvard University, arrived in Tahiti in 1959...
You Won’t Survive a Merger with AI - Issue 76: Language - Nautilus
The idea that humans should merge with AI is very much in the air these days....
How Freedom Divides - Issue 76: Language - Nautilus
As a biologist who studies animal behavior, particularly the long-term stability of the societies of different...
Making a Future Among the Stars - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus
Elon Musk has helped to advance self-driving electric cars and an implantable brain-machine interface, but when...
Why Symbols Aren’t Forever - Issue 76: Language - Nautilus
In November 2016, a swastika was painted on an elementary school in my Denver, Colorado, neighborhood...
Language Is the Scaffold of the Mind - Issue 76: Language - Nautilus
Can you imagine a mind without language? More specifically, can you imagine your mind without language?...
Consciousness Doesn’t Depend on Language - Issue 76: Language - Nautilus
The contrast could not have been starker—here was one of the world’s most revered figures, His...
How to Get Evangelicals to Care About Climate Change - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus
It’s not that evangelicals don’t care about the environment. It’s that they care about people more.Photo...
This Simple Structure Unites All Human Languages - Issue 76: Language - Nautilus
Take a deep breath. As you breathe in, your lungs fill with air. The air is...
Talking Is Throwing Fictional Worlds at One Another - Issue 76: Language - Nautilus
A few years ago, David Adger was in his office at Queen Mary University of London,...
Angst and the Empty Set - Issue 76: Language - Nautilus
Suppose you open your handbag one day expecting to find your wallet there, but don’t. Do...
