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Dark fungi; Uranus’ beautiful rings; yellow crazy ant sex; and more. Plus: why is sea level rise worse in some places? [View in browser]( | [Become a member]( Newsletter brought to you by: April 11, 2023   Did a friend forward this? [Subscribe here](. Good Morning! Here’s the top science news—plus this week’s One Question with coastal flooding researcher [Sönke Dangendorf]( [READ NAUTILUS](   DISCOVERIES The Top Science News This Week   [“Dark” Fungi Are Everywhere and We Know Almost Nothing About Them]( Why is the dominant life form in the fungi universe difficult to grow in a lab? [MycoKeys→](   [Yellow Crazy Ants Are Reproductive Chimeras]( The way these ants have sex has never been seen before, and could hint at the next phase of ant evolution. [Science→](   [The Radical New Theory that Wrinkles Actually Cause Aging]( Blame your “zombie-like senescent cells.” [New Scientist →](   [Air Pollution Causes Lung Cancer Without Harming DNA]( If dirty air isn’t driving bad mutations in your cells, how could it give you cancer? [Nature→](   [See Uranus’ Rings in Stunning New Image from the Webb Telescope]( The way the rings get darker the closer to Uranus they are is a sight to see. [CNN→](   [Bacterial Origin of a Key Innovation in the Evolution of the Vertebrate Eye]( Thank germs for your sight. [PNAS→](   [Einstein’s Most Famous Quote Is Totally Misunderstood]( What he really thought about imagination versus knowledge. [Big Think→](   [Direct Evidence of the Use of Multiple Drugs in Bronze Age Menorca (Western Mediterranean) from Human Hair Analysis]( The people who lived off the coast of Spain 3,000 years ago gave the rituals in their lives a hallucinogenic dimension. [Scientific Reports→]( Experience the endless possibilities and deep human connections that science offers [SUBSCRIBE TODAY](   [Stopped Being Followed Online]( The [Brave Browser]( has everything you need to stay safe online. It blocks all creepy ads and trackers, on every website—even YouTube—and features private search, offline video playlists, and more. It’s faster than Chrome, more private than Safari, and works with all your favorite extensions. [Available across Android, iOS, and desktop](, Brave is the new privacy super app. If you’re tired of being targeted by creepy ads, Brave can help. Brave blocks phishing & malware, fingerprinting and cookies…and even those annoying requests to accept cookies. [Get Brave]( for your phone and laptop today. [Learn More](   [ONE QUESTION]( [Why Is Sea Level Rise Worse In Some Places?]( INTERVIEW BY KATHERINE HARMON COURAGE One question for [Sönke Dangendorf](, who studies sea levels, tides, storm surges, and coastal flooding at Tulane University’s School of Science and Engineering.   There is sometimes a misconception that the ocean behaves like a bathtub, but that’s not true. If we look at the global picture, there are two major reasons why sea levels are rising. One is that the ocean is warming, and it needs more space and expands. And the other one is that ice sheets and glaciers are melting, and they put more mass into the ocean. [Read the interview](   Related Nautilus Stories   [ENVIRONMENT]( [Why We Need Muck to Fight Rising Sea Levels]( We’ve starved marshes of their essential sediment—now can we repair them in time? BY ERICA GIES [Continue reading →]( [ENVIRONMENT]( [Why Our Intuition About Sea-Level Rise Is Wrong]( A geologist explains that climate change is not just about a global average sea rise. BY DANIEL GROSSMAN [Continue reading →](   More in Geoscience [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 →]( [The Ecological Catastrophe You’ve Never Heard Of]( In 12 minutes, a landslide, tsunami, and flood devastated a valley in Canada. BY MARA JOHNSON-GROH [Continue reading →](   BECOME A SUBSCRIBER [Plants Are Perceptive]( Issue 48 of [Nautilus]( features “[What Plants Are Saying About Us](.” Amanda Gefter discovers that her houseplants are endowed with feelings and memories, shifting her thoughts on human perception. Also: We are all programmed to die; the void in the universe is alive; and more. [Get Nautilus in Print](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2023 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? Click here to [unsubscribe](.