Freezing the rent only alleviates tension on one side of the equation.
Granta: Dark Hole
May 12
‘I spent most days in our single bed, sleeping, eating pasta, sleeping some more.’ Ayşegül Savaş on life after university. The post Dark Hole appeared first on Granta.
We need a new imagination for the whole Earth, linking the power of the deep planet with the vitality of the surface- by James DinneenRead on Aeon
The blast scrubbed some of its own methane emissions from the atmosphere The post The Tonga Volcano Cleaned Up After Itself appeared first on Nautilus.
It’s the first documented case of the behavior in ants The post These Small Ants Act Like Cleaner Fish appeared first on Nautilus.
As researchers age, they produce less disruptive work The post Is This Why Science Advances One Funeral at a Time? appeared first on Nautilus.
How jellyfish in bycatch yield collagen for skin care, drug capsules, and nutritional supplements The post The Healing Powers of an Accidentally Caught Jellyfish appeared first on Nautilus.
Their teeth tell the tale The post Doting Duck-Billed Dinosaur Parents Fed Their Young Like Birds appeared first on Nautilus.
The conservative media landscape has recently been embroiled in an explosive debate about Israel. One one side, there is former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has broken with Donald Trump and...
Deep beneath the volcanic island, scientists are trying to predict the next big one The post “Iceland Is Going to Erupt Again Very Soon” appeared first on Nautilus.
A graduate student recently harnessed the complexity of mathematical proofs to create a powerful new tool in cryptography. The post How Unknowable Math Can Help Hide Secrets first appeared on...
notes on desire, pudding, having it MY WAY, and brighter days ahead
A Conversation with Alexis Kyle MitchellLeora Fridman I first met the artist Alexis Kyle Mitchell as a facilitator of movement. Mitchell led the morning session of “Simone White Calls This Gym...
The New York Times discusses the enrollment crisis that’s hitting American public schools.
Aeon: Classroom 4
May 11
In this award-winning short, inmates and college students explore the history of incarceration from inside a US prison- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
The emotional and practical skills of adulthood can only be learned from (appropriate) levels of discomfort and stress- by Niklas Serning & Nina LyonRead on Aeon
Post-Irony, Jouissance, and Scrolling while Taking a Shit Recently something made me smile: the news that one of those unsettling Continue reading →
This is the choice, the only true choice: some form of coexistence of Jews and Palestinians with full mutual recognition, or genocidal war
White Fields M. Rowton May 8th, 2026 Author’s note: Ethiopia’s Pentay are among the largest evangelical communities in the world, having grown from about 5% of the population in the 1980s to...
Considering connecting with cephalopods and plants might be just the thing for an exhausted mind The post What I’m Watching This Weekend appeared first on Nautilus.
It’s the largest ever sauropod discovered in the area The post New Long-Necked Dinosaur Unearthed in Brazil Has European Roots appeared first on Nautilus.
In 2018, Professor Etzel Cardeña, PhD, published a landmark review paper surveying thousands of psi studies in "American Psychologist," one of psychology’s most respected journals. In this...
And it’s in a group that includes our own Milky Way The post Hubble Captures Traveling Galaxy in Stunning Detail appeared first on Nautilus.
Granta: Four Poems
May 08
‘allowing someone else / to make small decisions for me / feels slightly erotic’ Four poems by Rae Armantrout. The post Four Poems appeared first on Granta.
A conversation with paleobiologist Douglas Erwin about how novelty becomes true innovation in biological and cultural evolution The post Where Does Novelty Come From? appeared first on Nautilus.
A full investigation is needed into his and other deaths that paved the way for right-wing ascendancy and devastation of America’s working class On May 9, 1970, United Auto Workers (UAW)...
Its camera was almost damaged beyond repair The post How Juno Can Still Beam Back Breathtaking Images of Jupiter appeared first on Nautilus.
It should be possible, but getting there will require a greater understanding of subsurface physics. The post Will We Ever Be Able To Forecast Volcanic Eruptions Like Weather? first appeared on...
"I always opted for the people who lived a sad life confidently."
A lightly edited excerpt from Henri Bergson's The Two Sources of Morality and Religion (1932)
The horizon is a prison for those who starve.
Aeon: The eye in your pocket
May 08
Things have jobs: pillows are made for comfort, scissors are sharp, and digital devices are made to track your every move- by Carissa VélizRead on Aeon
The unmistakable narrator of nature documentaries turns 100 today The post A Century of David Attenborough appeared first on Nautilus.
