Feeling Objects that Aren’t There
Imagine this. You wake up in the morning to the irritating buzz of your alarm. Instead of fumbling for a…
Writings
You Swine!
RODNEY WOODSON never set out to be a pig trapper. He joined the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency because he was passionate…
Finding Foods for the Future
This translucent red alga grows along northern, rocky coastlines of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. And its colorful, leathery fronds…
Of Waves and Wallpaper
To most people, wallpaper is little more than a decorative background on a flat surface: Pleasing designs, pasted in vertical…
Going deep
HOW low can you go? Dedicated deep cavers plumb the depths for an answer, and a newly announced expedition…
Your weight is about to be redefined
I wrote about the upcoming redefinition of the kilogram for Nautilus.
The Whole Universe Catalog
A seemingly endless variety of food was sprawled over several tables at the home of Judith L. Baxter and her…
Uncharted underground
Matt Covington didn’t sleep much the night before his big swim. Who could blame him? For two days, the wiry…
Charting the history of western art with math
For more than a century, researchers have used statistics to study writing style in a sort of literary forensics…
Stretchy battery
It’s no stretch to say that batteries won’t continue to be rigid and blocky forever. Engineers inspired by Japanese…