Celebrate the Tour de France with a Print Issue of Nautilus!

Take a ride through the world of cycling with us. [View in browser]( | [Join Nautilus]( VIVE LES SCIENCES! Get the issue examining why shaven legs are much, much faster. The Tour de France is here and the perfect companion to cycling's biggest event is a print edition of Nautilus. Issue 51 features "Winning By a Hair," a story about the science and history behind cyclists shaving their legs, along with much more of our signature science storytelling. [Buy Issue 51 for only $15]( “As the summer tradition of the Tour de France once again descends upon us, a few hundred million devotees of the sport will watch, parse, argue about, and rejoice over the frenetic three-week-long procession that’s powered by some of the smoothest male legs on Earth. But why, since the Tour began in 1903, have its participants shaved their legs? As it turns out… shaven legs are much, much faster. It just took until this century to prove it.” — Charles Digges, on the lengths to which pro cyclists go to gain an advantage in "Winning by a Hair". [Read on Nautilus]( Also in this issue: - The Last of the Fungus: A young scientist’s [quest]( to transform a dying way of life. - Your 🧠On Emoji: It’s [complicated](. And that’s good. - Have We Gotten Dark Matter All Wrong? Physicists have yet to pinpoint the [hypothetical matter]( that keeps galaxies from flying apart. Now they have a new focus. And much, much more. [Buy Issue 51 for only $15]( 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](