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Nautilus is a different kind of science magazine. We are science, philosophy, and culture connected, offering a new perspective on human uniqueness and our universe—all beautifully illustrated.
Each month, we explore a single topic from various scientific disciplines, pairing award-winning journalists with illustrators to create features that are unlike any other science journalism—fascinating, inspired, and innovative.
Nautilus publishes online and print long-form features, as well as a blog, Facts So Romantic, and a news service, Three Sentence Science.
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Search ArticlesThe Hidden Power Struggle Between Lions and Hyenas Original
Scientists know that lions and hyenas are found together in the African veld. And the assumption has always been that hyenas skulk around lions to steal the leftover scraps from their kills, just like the spotted hyenas in The Lion King. But a new study of large carnivores in Namibia and Botswana published today in the journal Frontiers in Ethology highlights a totally different dynamic—one in which lions are actively pursuing hyenas.
How Fast You Walk May Determine How Long You Live
You don’t actually need to take 10,000 steps a day to stay fit. That figure comes from the marketing campaign for a Japanese pedometer called the Manpo-Kei, which translates to “10,000 steps meter.” It’s proved to be a remarkably resilient myth, though. So how many steps should you take per day? A new study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has some answers.
NASA’s New Experimental Jet Promises Supersonic Flight Without the Sonic Booms
Supersonic flight could be making a comeback more than 20 years after the retirement of the Concorde, courtesy of an experimental NASA aircraft. During their heyday the Concorde could rocket from New York City to London in under three hours, less than half the time of traditional passenger planes. Unfortunately, they also announced themselves with sonic booms that topped out at over 110 decibels.
This New “Devil Flower” Species Doesn’t Photosynthesize
Discovered in the forests of the Thong Pha Phum National Park in Thailand, the leafless “devil flower” looks like a small, charred gremlin staring at you with fiery eyes. In fact, as soon as you see the newly identified plant species Thismia daemona, you understand the nickname.
Male Sex-Reversed Frogs Hold Their Own in Fertility Competitions
Typically, your phenotype—or your outward appearance—matches your genotype when it comes to sex. But, in a little-studied phenomenon dubbed “sex reversal,” the outward characteristics of animals change enough that they no longer match their genetic sex. Such reversal has been recorded in amphibians, reptiles, and fishes. A new study published last week in Science Advances explored sex reversal in wild “agile frogs” (Rana dalmatina) sampled from breeding ponds in Hungary.
The Elegance of a Stupid Question
Four centuries ago, Sir Walter Raleigh, the New World explorer and courtly favorite of Queen Elizabeth I, asked his assistant a stupid question. He was gearing up to lead an expedition to South America to search for a mythical city of gold and bring its riches back to London. Cannonballs, Raleigh asked his mathematical assistant Thomas Harriot: How many per stack?
Why Some Ants are Lazy Freeloaders Original
The Sahara Desert isn’t exactly a paradise for insects. The dry air and scorching temperatures mean these little critters are always in danger of desiccating or dying of heat exhaustion. But arthropods are nothing if not adaptable, and several species have evolved to withstand the harsh conditions, like the black desert ant (Cataglyphis nigra).
What Archaeology Reveals About the Rise of All-Powerful Rulers
This story was originally published by Knowable Magazine. Why are some societies ruled by autocrats — powerful people who make all the decisions with barely, if any, checks and balances — while in others, the governed actually have a say? If you ask an archaeologist, historian or political scientist, this is how the story traditionally goes: People used to move around in small groups to hunt and gather, making decisions more or less collectively.
What’s Creating These Mysterious Seafloor Hexagons?
Etched on seafloors around the world is an enigmatic honeycomb pattern, the source of which has eluded explanation for centuries. It shows up on 520-million-year-old Cambrian ocean sediments in Portugal as well as in modern oceans.
After an 8-Year Journey, Orbiters Are About to Give Us a Fresh Look at Mercury Original
The BepiColombo twin orbiters built by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) first set off for Mercury on October 20, 2018, and have now arrived at the solar system’s smallest planet—just a little worse for wear. An unexpected glitch back in 2024 forced the conjoined spacecraft to take a different route to Mercury, delaying its arrival by more than six months and putting our summer road trips into serious perspective.