Culture | Neurology
Chapter one
Less Than You Think
Biology | Primatology
The Cosmopolitan Ape
Empathy, morality, community, culture—apes can have it all!
Matter | Astronomy
The Shrinking Earth
The farther out we peer into the universe, the punier our home planet seems.
Biology | Zoology
Human Tendencies
Some of our most cherished traits are shared by other animals—and even plants.
Numbers | Technology
Artificial Emotions
How long until a robot cries?
Biology | Evolution
We Built These Bodies
Changing the human body, one invention at a time.
Chapter two
More Than You Imagine
Culture | Anthropology
Dress for Evolutionary Success
What makes us quintessentially human? Fashion!
Biology | Neurology
Metaphors Are Us
War, murder, music, art. We would have none without metaphor.
Culture | Fiction
The Candle Burned
Welcome to the future, where people read no more.
Biology | Energy
Gasoline and Fertility
We consume unlike any other.
Biology | Psychology
Cooperation Is What Makes Us Human
Where we part ways with our ape cousins.
Chapter three
Beyond Measure
Matter | Astronomy
Goodbye Copernicus, Hello Universe
Our insignificance, and significance, on a cosmic scale
Culture | Bioengineering
Encounters with the Posthuman
As bodies meld with machines, are we leaving ourselves behind?
Culture | Interactive
The Vocabulary of Our Uniqueness
You choose what makes humans unique!
Matter | Astronomy
Ingenious: Caleb Scharf
How our view of the universe, and ourselves, is changing.
Ideas | Theology
What Would Buddha Say?
Human uniqueness is all relative.
Chapter four
Reaction Time
Ideas
Guide the Future of Nautilus
Help steer where the magazine goes by sharing your feedback and ideas.
Biology | Senses
Following One Reader’s Nose
The variability in how people smell has a lot to do with their genetics.
Ideas | Neurology
A Crowdsourced Expert Interview
Nautilus readers delve further into the idea that metaphors make us human.
Ideas
Collected Commenter Wisdom
A sampling of the most lively discussions from Nautilus’ first month.
Culture
Ask a Cyborg
Profile subject Neil Harbisson is coming to Twitter to talk about merging with technology.
Ideas
Graphing Human Uniqueness
Nautilus readers vote on what they think makes humans special.
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