Author: Terrence Cons

Sensory deprivation goes from CIA torture manuals to a yoga studio near you.

Paleontologist Neil Shubin explains how he charts evolution in the human body.

Even in calm seas, waves can become monsters.

Neurological evidence for chaos in the nervous system is growing.

An astrophysicist looks into the future and the distance.

The blind cavefish alongside two of its sighted relativesImage Courtesy of NYU Deep in some pitch-black, underwater caves in Mexico, there lives a peculiar little pinkish-white fish. Only about four inches long, this albino has taste buds on the outside of its lower jaw, sleeps very little, and, most interestingly, has no eyes.  Nautilus Members […]

DJ Angst kicked off the late-February show at the Root Cellar Lounge in Bloomington, Indiana, keeping in mind that, as the first DJ to play, it was his job to figure out what would lure people to the dance floor. As his name implies, he prefers austere, dark electronic music, but he gathered that […]

Imagine you’re a lifeguard and you see someone struggling to stay afloat. Being a responsible lifeguard, you want to get to them as quickly as possible. You’re pretty fast when swimming, but even faster running on sand. So what’s the quickest route to get to the swimmer? It may not sound like it, but this […]

In unseen worlds, science invariably crosses paths with fantasy.