Dude, Where’s My Frontal Cortex?

[[newsletter20_header.png] June 16, 2019]( Dear Nautilus Reader, Why do teenagers act the way they do? That and more, in some of the most popular stories on Nautilus this week. Best, The Nautilus Team info@nautil.us [16077_55aef34e0d62637c23ad60186310cd4d.png]( [3708_34ffeb359a192eb8174b6854643cc046.png]( [Dude, Where’s My Frontal Cortex? By Robert Sapolsky In the foothills of the Sierra Mountains, a few hours east of San Francisco, are the Moaning Caverns, a cave system that begins, after a narrow, twisting descent of 30-some feet, with an abrupt 180-foot drop.](  [15772_586691f81045ebfe99049a8a8e43ea2e.png]( [A Nautilus Partner HowTheLightGetsIn HowTheLightGetsIn, the world’s largest philosophy and music festival, have announced the first debates for their London event in September! They cover everything from post-truth and paradox to AI, the space race, and so much more.](  [5554_b3af1c7992383988a4bd73c7e9f14759.png]( [From Our New Earth Channel Los Angeles Should Be Buried By Justin Nobel The San Gabriel Mountains are waging war on Los Angeles and Ed Heinlein’s chainsaw is screaming in the late afternoon sun.]( [16091_f9d826b62995d8bfe6d12ccd4d3b9ffa.png]( [Why It Pays to Play Around By Andreas Wagner The 19th-century physicist Hermann von Helmholtz compared his progress in solving a problem to that of a mountain climber “compelled to retrace his steps because his progress stopped.](  [16102_6ca4e9af5ea662a095c3243dc591bf54.png]( [Your Support Matters NAUTILUS PRIME Support science journalism by becoming a member of Nautilus Prime. Gain access to unlimited content on Nautilus, and more!](  [7478_239f914f30ea3c948fce2ea07a9efb33.png]( [The Strange Persistence of First Languages By Julie Sedivy Several years ago, my father died as he had done most things throughout his life: without preparation and without consulting anyone.](  [nwms_fb.png]( [nwms_twt.png]( [nwms_ing.png]( NautilusThink, Inc. 233 Broadway Suite 720New York, NY 10279 [Add us to your address book]( Copyright © 2019 NautilusThink, Inc., All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. [unsubscribe from this list](   [update subscription preferences](