Graham Platner’s campaign implosion highlights the hollowness of America’s political parties and how they can be hijacked by insurgents

Creating synthetic life in a lab? SpudCell falls short of the goal, but raises even more useful questions

The goal of creating synthetic cells is not to replace nature, but to learn more deeply about biology and reengineer it to help society.

Was This Fossil Creature the First Right-Hander Ever?

A half a billion years ago, this organism preferred to bend to the right The post Was This Fossil Creature the First Right-Hander Ever? appeared first on Nautilus.

Is porn actually addictive? The science isn’t straightforward

Research suggests ‘problematic porn use’ is a more accurate way to describe the potential harms of pornography.

We May Owe Our Intelligence to Our Unique Neurons

Our cortical neurons may hold the key to our clever brains The post We May Owe Our Intelligence to Our Unique Neurons appeared first on Nautilus.

The extraordinary life and quiet death of the world's largest iceberg

Forty years after breaking away from Antarctica, the frozen colossus known as A23a died as it lived: drifting around the bottom of the globe, fascinating ardent observers, and offering scientists critical new insights about our living ocean.

The tiny cell that broke a big rule of biology