Nautilus Narrations

<p>Throughout history, vultures have been burdened with an image evoking notions of death, greed, and moral emptiness. </p><p><br></p><p>Yet, scientists argue that these misunderstood birds are far more valuable than...

<p>The debate over whether music is universal has intensified, with scholars from various fields weighing in on the idea that all music shares fundamental traits. Some ethnomusicologists argue that labeling music as...

<p>A team of engineers and scientists recently accomplished an astonishing feat: they drilled into the Earth's mantle, retrieving a core sample nearly a mile long.Watch Cate Larsen aka GroovyGeologist read "The First...

<p>What is a sea shanty? Where did they come from? Why do they still matter? </p> <p><br></p> <p>Watch Grumpy frontperson Heaven Schmitt explore the complicated legacy of sea shanties in this episode of Nautilus...

<p>How does a billion years of Earth’s history go missing? Our latest episode of Nautilus Narrations featuring American history educator and content creator, Dr. Tim Johnson, tackles this troubling phenomenon in...

<p>Have you ever felt the presence of another person, but nobody is there? Cognitive scientists are on a quest to explain this bizarre phenomenon, and who better to dive into the research than paranormal investigator...

<p>Charles Darwin called orchids an "abominable mystery," fascinated by their odd shape and wild variety. To this day, there are over 28,000 varieties, with more cropping up every year. Understanding how they diversify...

<p>Can cryogenically freezing coral stop time long enough to save them? Listen to musician, producer, and coral reef activist Stranger Cat explore how scientists are refining ways to cryogenically freeze coral larvae in...

<p>Why are humans so awed by an eclipse, that seemingly rare, brief dip of the daytime sun behind the moon? Listen to Pooja Prabakaran, lead vocalist of the indie pop-rock trio Koyal, explain this phenomenon in detail...

<p>Can advancements in machine learning predict natural disasters before it's too late? Early signs are positive, and Photay's latest album 'Windswept' explores similar natural phenomena, making him the perfect artist...

<p>The lives of Eels are full of mystery, and like its animal namesake suggests, each song on Being Dead's new album EELS feels like uncovering a new cavern, plunging into depths unknown but fully open to what will be...

<p>Drummer, composer, and bioacoustic artist Lisa Schonberg knows the hidden power of ants. Through her project Amplifying the Tropical Ants (ATTA), Schonberg recorded the tiny pitter-patter of Amazon ants and added...

<p>“There’s definitely a lot of mental breakdowns at the studio if I’m being so real,” Lunar Vacation singer Gep Repasky said in a recent interview about the emotional toll creating the band’s latest album took on her...

<p>When you hear about “the vacuum of space” it’s tempting to imagine an infinite void of nothingness, but according to astrophysicist Paul M. Sutter, the vacuum of spacetime “is an entity in its own right.” And space...

<p>The shoegaze genre is famous for its distortion, passing the sounds an electric guitar makes through filters to transform them into something new. Biologist Daniel Hanley does something similar with light. His...