Inside Issue 55 of Nautilus: The Rebel Issue

The scientific rebels who challenged the status quo and changed the world. [View in browser](| [Join Nautilus]( Did a friend forward this? [Subscribe here]([.]( INSIDE ISSUE 55 The scientific rebels who challenged the status quo and changed the world. Dear Nautilus reader, Issue 55 of Nautilus has arrived, and with it, our return to centering some Nautilus issues around a theme. We’d like to share a glimpse of the stories inside, but first, here’s an abbreviated note from Nautilus Editor Kevin Berger about the theme of Issue 55. “Greetings, Nautilus readers, and welcome to The Rebel Issue. In our own happy rebellion against the conventions of science writing, we’ve composed stories about rebels in science—unsung ones, mind you—and the subtle ways nature itself breaks with the past to create something new. The issue is about rebel, the noun and the verb. Our stories in The Rebel Issue, created by journalists, scientists, and artists, show that hope is real, that rebellion really can change the world.” [Continue reading →]( Inside Issue 55 of Nautilus PRELUDES [Why we need to study bad LSD trips](; [a look at the mysterious Planet Nine](; [the ideal age to lead a rebellion](; [astronomy theories that fizzled out](; [sleepless nights as a depression treatment](; and [beautiful bacteria.]( MY 3 GREATEST REVELATIONS [Archaeology at the Bottom of the Sea]( David Gibbins on his 3 greatest revelations while writing A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks.BY DAVID GIBBINS FEATURES [The Prizefighters](If you want to know what it takes to succeed in science, head to the Nobel Prize ceremony.BY MICHAEL BROOKS [The Bacteria That Revolutionized the World](How cyanobacteria killed one climate and created our habitable Earth. BY ELENA KAZAMIA [The Shark Whisperer]( Donald Nelson spent his life undoing the damage that Jaws did to the perception of sharks.BY KATHARINE GAMMON [Lithium, the Elemental Rebel](What a missing element can teach us about the universe.BY PAUL M. SUTTER [Writers Who Widen Our Frontiers]( Conversations with visionary science-fiction authors on the social impact of their work.BY NAMIR KHALIQ [The Feminist Botanist](A 19th-century tale of hermaphrodite flowers, Charles Darwin, and women’s right to vote. BY REBECCA BATLEY [The End of Species](Why it’s time for new ways of naming life.BY JASON ROBERTS [God Does Play Dice with the Universe](A bold new theory reconciles gravity and quantum physics. If it’s right, Einstein was wrong.BY SABINE HOSSENFELDER [Part-Time Climate Scientist](A humble steam engineer put humans in the driver’s seat.BY SIDNEY PERKOWITZ [A Revolution in Time]( Why clocks need to follow the tempo of nature.BY JONATHON KEATS [Viva la Library!](Rebel against The Algorithm. Get a library card.BY CHARLES DIGGES Get the full Nautilus experience and never miss a story by becoming a print member today [Join Nautilus]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2024 NautilusNext, All rights reserved.You were subscribed to the newsletter from [nautil.us](. Our mailing address is: NautilusNext360 W 36th Street, 7S,New York, NY 10018 Don't want to hear from us anymore? [Unsubscribe](