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Why dirt on the moon (and Mars) would be dangerous to live with. Plus: how seawater might soak up more carbon; how AI can prompt your inner artist; this weekâs Facts So Romantic; whatâs special about the milky way; and more.
[View in browser]( | [Become a member]( Newsletter brought to you by: February 9, 2023 Did a friend forward this? [Subscribe here](. Good Morning! Hereâs the latest stories from Nautilusâand this weekâs Facts So Romantic below [READ NOW]( [GEOSCIENCE]( [How Seawater Might Soak Up More Carbon]( Giving Earth an antacid could help slow climate changeâbut itâs complicated. BY WARREN CORNWALL Early this year, Gaurav Sant will flip a switch on a machine aboard a battered barge tied up at a dock on the Los Angeles waterfront. [Continue reading â]( Experience the endless possibilities and deep human connections that science offers [SUBSCRIBE TODAY]( [Is Your Dog Outsmarting You and Your Fence?]( Research suggests that dogs have a [general intelligence factor](. While having an impressive pup is rewarding, it can also press your patience if they use their smarts to find new ways to escape your yard. Keep even the smartest dogs safe using [SpotOn GPS Fence](. With the widest range of GPS coverage on the market, accurately contain your dog within a virtual fence using canine-friendly tones, vibration, and optional static corrections. Safe, reliable, and 100% wire-free! [Save 15% on your purchase]( with code NAUT15. [Ditch the Leash]( [TECHNOLOGY]( How AI Can Prompt Your Inner Artist A cognitive scientist on the pleasures of generative image programs. BY JIM DAVIES [Continue reading â]() [GEOSCIENCE]( [The Moon Smells Like Gunpowder]( Why dirt on the moon (and Mars) would be dangerous to live with. BY JILLIAN SCUDDER [Continue reading â]( [ASTRONOMY]( [What Makes the Milky Way Special?]( One question for Miguel Aragon, a computational physicist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. BY BRIAN GALLAGHER [Continue reading â]( FACTS SO ROMANTIC The Best Things We Learned Today [One of the earliest AI art programs](, AARON, was created by professional painter Harold Cohen, who explicitly programmed his artistic sensibilities into the code. [Nautilusâ]( [The ocean has absorbed]( 90 percent of excess heat generated by more than a century of burning fossil fuels. [Nautilusâ]( [The universe]( looks like a sponge. [Nautilusâ]( [Moon dust is the shattered]( remains rocks, broken repeatedly by tiny meteorites striking the surface. Itâs sharp. [Nautilusâ]( [The annual data output]( of the Large Hadron Collider detectors was forecast to be around 90 petabytes each year, equivalent to 56 million CDsâa stack that would reach halfway to the moon. [The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the Worldâ]( [Time to Protect Our Winters]( Introducing the all-new [TRIWA x POW]( timepiece from the Time for Snow collection. With every watch sold, 15% is donated to Protect our Winters (POW), whose work promotes awareness for change to save and protect our winters. [Shop Snow]( [âSmells like gunpowder, just like the boys said.â]( [Astronaut Harrison âJackâ Schmitt described the scent inside the lunar module after returning from a moonwalk.]( More in Geoscience [Hear the Wind on Mars]( What we can learn from a Martian dust devilâand the sounds of other planets. BY KATHERINE HARMON COURAGE [Continue reading â]( [The Iceberg Cowboys Who Wrangle the Purest Water on Earth]( My journey to meet the people herding frozen leviathans on the maritime frontier. BY MATTHEW BIRKHOLD [Continue reading â]( P.S. The planetary scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton once said the metal-rich asteroid sheâs hunting, Psyche, is worth $10 quintillion. But that figure is actually âfallacious in every way,â she [cheerfully told]( The New York Times recently. In 2022, Elkins-Tanton spoke to Nautilus about, among other things, the importance of her NASA [mission to Psyche](: âMy secret wish is that it would turn out not to be a core part of planet Earth, but something unusual, something surprising, something that would fill in a new part of our ingredients of the planet story.â Todayâs newsletter was written by Brian Gallagher BECOME A SUBSCRIBER [The Earthâs Great Forgetting]( [Issue 47]( of Nautilus brings [The Great Forgetting](. Summer Praetorius explores how science ripples through our personal lives, juxtaposing the arc of her science with the arc of her brotherâs life, culminating on one of the most moving stories weâve ever published. Also: Learn what organoids can tell us about how the brain works, the mysterious vanishing of 11 billion crabs, and how to stop worrying and embrace uncertainty. [Read these intriguing stories and more]( in Nautilusâ Issue 47 print edition. [Get Nautilus in Print]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2023 NautilusNext, All rights reserved.
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