💡 The Prizefighters

What’s popular and new this week in Nautilus. [View in browser](| [Join Nautilus]( EDITORS' CHOICE Together with Did a friend forward this? [Subscribe here.]( This Sunday, read the latest and most popular stories from Nautilus—plus your free story and question of the day below [READ NAUTILUS]( [HISTORY]( [The Prizefighters]( If you want to know what it takes to succeed in science, head to the Nobel Prize ceremony. BY MICHAEL BROOKS [Continue reading →]( ADVERTISEMENT Popular This Week [ARTS]( [Does Science Fiction Shape the Future?]( Conversations with visionary science fiction authors on the social impact of their work. BY NAMIR KHALIQ [Continue reading →]( [SOCIOLOGY]( [You Want to See My Data? I Thought We Were Friends!]( “Science is probably the best thing humans ever invented. Academia, on the other hand…” BY STUART RITCHIE & ZACH WEINERSMITH [Continue reading →]( The latest from Nautilus [ARTS]( [A Revolution in Time]( Why clocks need to follow the tempo of nature. BY JONATHON KEATS [Continue reading →]( [ASTRONOMY]( [Lithium, the Elemental Rebel]( What a missing element can teach us about the universe. BY PAUL M. SUTTER [Continue reading →]( WE ARE CURIOUS TO KNOW... When was the last time a situation made you feel like time was standing still? Let us know! Reply to this newsletter with your response, briefly explaining your choice, and we’ll reveal the top answers. (This question was inspired by [“A Revolution in Time.”](). Top Answers to Our Previous Question (On the Most Rebellious Thing You’ve Ever Done) • I attended one of the marches in Washington D.C. against the Vietnam War, in 1970, or so. – Mitch D. • One episode of mischief involved terrorizing our 4th grade teacher. As she entered the classroom, we all started throwing our spitballs at her head. She screamed and escaped to the principal’s office. I was held back from passing that semester. – Daniel S. Get Your Steps In While You’re Sitting Give your legs a workout while you’re working at your desk or relaxing on the couch with the [GUGTTR Under Desk Elliptical](. [SHOP AMAZON]( Your free story this Sunday! [PHILOSOPHY]( [Life Is Hard. And That’s Good]( When the going gets tough, the tough get philosophical. BY BRIAN GALLAGHER [Continue reading for free→]( The Rockstar and the Squid Coming from the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community in western Washington, musician Katherine “KP” Paul, of Black Belt Eagle Scout, has a deep personal connection to the ocean. That’s why she was the perfect choice to read Alex Riley’s special [story]( about the search for a giant, mysterious, luminous squid—Taningia danae. We love this story because it shows how little we know about our deep oceans, and how even an animal sporting giant, flashing lights, can remain virtually unknown…until now. For the first time, you can listen to a Nautilus story on [YouTube]( or [Spotify](. Check it out and let us know what you think. [WATCH]( [LISTEN]( P.S. The philosopher and activist Simone de Beauvoir died on this day in 1986. She was a contemporary of Simone Weil, another philosopher and activist. Kieran Setiya found their conversational encounter interesting: “Weil was someone who was invested in fighting for justice, for the poor, and against the violence of power. What happened in this conversation is that Beauvoir said, [‘That’s all important, but there’s also the meaning of life.’]( And Weil responded, ‘It’s clear you’ve never gone hungry,’” Setiya told Nautilus. “De Beauvoir has a point, that we do need to have, not a utopian vision, but a vision of what in human life is positively good—not just ameliorating bad things—in order to have a vision of why life is worth living at all.” Today’s newsletter was written by Brian Gallagher Thanks for reading. [Tell us](mailto:brian.gallagher@nautil.us?subject=&body=) your thoughts on today’s note. Plus, if you find our content valuable, consider [becoming a member]( to support our work, and inspire a friend to sign up for [the Nautilus newsletter](. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2024 NautilusNext, All rights reserved. You were subscribed to the newsletter from [nautil.us](. Our mailing address is: NautilusNext 360 W 36th Street, 7S, New York, NY 10018 Don't want to hear from us anymore? [Unsubscribe](