Nautilus

Meet the philosopher who revived anti-realism.

Teaching cursive handwriting doesn’t have nearly the value we think it does.

How is it possible to get something from nothing?

These are the few limits on our ability to know.

Alex Honnold doesn’t experience fear like the rest of us.

A dispatch from the future of extreme sports.

“When Aristotle wrote his Physics in the fourth century B.C., he wasn’t describing an academic discipline, but a mode of philosophy: a way of thinking about nature. You might imagine […]

It sounds like science fiction: A citizenry genetically engineered to be democratic. It’s not implausible.

Contrary to popular belief, peace and quiet is all about the noise in your head.