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We are terrible judges of our own attractiveness. In fact, one experiment found that our self-predictions were not significantly better than chance. Your guess of how attractive you are to others is almost as good as anyone’s. nautil.us/youre-a-bad-ju…

Cosmic rays carry particles with a preferred "handedness" due to the weak force's mirror asymmetry, possibly explaining why all DNA twists in only one direction. nautil.us/cosmic-rays-ma…

Will Dowd, who lost his ability to read due to binocular vision disorder, experimented with the MIT-developed "Dormio" dream inception device to simulate reading through lucid dreams. nautil.us/does-dream-inc…

After centuries of human harm and competition from introduced goats, conservation efforts have helped the population of Alcedo giant tortoises in the Galápagos islands surge from 6,320 to 15,000. nautil.us/the-quiet-come…

If there’s any life on Saturn’s moon Titan, then there’s probably not very much. A new study estimates that there are only enough nutrients in Titan’s underground ocean to support about 15 pounds of biomass. nautil.us/why-we-might-n…

Scientists have created systems that track rescue dogs' movements to detect when they've found a scent trail, merging canine smell superiority with technology for more effective disaster rescues. nautil.us/ai-powered-res…

What do we know about insect intelligence, personality, and sentience? If bugs are sentient, should we eat them? nautil.us/if-bugs-are-se…

“Oh my god. I think I know how to save the bees.” Viruses are just one of many problems that bees face. Fungus could be the key to fighting back. nautil.us/the-fungal-eva…

Recent genomic research has shown that pythons activate roughly 2,000 genes within minutes of consuming a meal. They can genetically enlarge organs like the heart, intestine, liver, and kidneys to process huge meals. nautil.us/snakes-break-a…

The Sombrero Galaxy blends spiral and elliptical traits with its distinctive hat shape—a massive stellar bulge surrounded by a dusty star-forming "brim," all anchored by a black hole one billion times our sun's mass. nautil.us/revisiting-an-…

How do animals understand death? Recent research suggests some intelligent species may grasp the concept of mortality. Brandon Keim explains: nautil.us/how-animals-un…

Are our moments of distraction—the daydreams and memories, the anxieties and reflections—really such a bad thing? Sometimes letting your mind wander can pay off. nautil.us/it-pays-to-be-…

Neuropsychologist McCarthy-Jones argues that since thinking extends beyond our brains—through written lists and collaborative brainstorming—laws protecting free thought must also cover these external forms of cognition. nautil.us/who-controls-y…

The collapse of Roman Britain in 367 AD was preceded by three summers of severe drought, according to a study of tree-ring records, suggesting environmental crisis as catalyst for Roman Britain’s decline. nautil.us/asking-trees-t…

Restorationists are working to transform San Francisco Bay’s old salt ponds into more natural sea-buffering marshes—if they can get enough sediment in time. nautil.us/why-we-need-mu…

One team of geographers has created brain-bending maps to illustrate the contours of what we know about vanishing animal species. nautil.us/a-map-for-vani…

The traits humans inherited from Neanderthals likely helped us adapt to different climates and spread across the world. nautil.us/how-neandertha…

Why can't we make a robot that runs as fast as an animal? While robots' individual parts may be stronger or more durable, the coordination of the parts seems to matter more for speed and agility. nautil.us/why-animals-ru…

"The ray hovered above her. He drifted like a stealth jet in the world’s slowest flight." Manta rays dance and play in this new work of fiction by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Powers. nautil.us/manta-rays-at-…

Artist Heather Dewey-Hagbord's new installation challenges the ethics of specimen collection by forcing viewers through spiral walls of blood samples to reach a stained-glass window displaying slides of her own biopsied tissue. nautil.us/reclaiming-sam…