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Willpower is a dangerous, old idea that needs to be scrapped. Plus: the ancient architecture that defies earthquakes; the strange life of glass; behind the scenes with biologist Naira de Gracia; and more.
[View in browser]( | [Become a member]( EDITORSâ CHOICE April 30, 2023 Did a friend forward this? [Subscribe here](. Good Morning! Hereâs some of the latest and most popular stories from Nautilusâand this weekâs Behind the Scenes with biologist and author [Naira de Gracia]( below [READ NAUTILUS]( [HISTORY]( [The Ancient Architecture that Defies Earthquakes]( Stone buildings in northern India reveal secrets of old structures that could save lives. BY SHOMA ABHYANKAR The powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 killed almost 50,000 people, most of whom died under rubble. [Continue reading â]( Experience the endless possibilities and deep human connections that science offers [SUBSCRIBE TODAY]( Popular This Week [ZOOLOGY]( [My Life with the Penguins]( How I came to feel at home in what some call the last wilderness on EarthâAntarctica. BY NAIRA DE GRACIA [Continue reading â]( [NEUROSCIENCE]( [Your Brain Is Shaped Like Nobody Elseâs]( Every brainâs white matter is differentâand that might hold the key to better treatments. BY SOFIA QUAGLIA [Continue reading â]( [HISTORY]( [The Strange Life of Glass]( This essential substance has a historyâand futureâthatâs far from clear. BY KATY KELLEHER [Continue reading â]( [PSYCHOLOGY]( [Against Willpower]( Willpower is a dangerous, old idea that needs to be scrapped. BY CARL ERIK FISHER [Continue reading â]( [âThis edition has so many articles I just have to read. Fascinating.â]( Nautilus reader Serena Rachels reacts to the stories in the last Thursday newsletter. [Inspire a friend to sign up.]( [BEHIND THE SCENES]( [Naira de Gracia Takes Us Behind âMy Life with the Penguinsâ]( âScience was my excuse to slide down a hillside that ended in penguins,â Naira de Gracia writes in [her recent Nautilus story](. Science, an excuse? In our recent conversation, the biologist and the author of The Last Cold Place: A Field Season Studying Penguins in Antarctica, explains why data gathering is a means to an end. âI feel like Iâm cheating when I call myself a biologist,â [she said](. âI donât actually do my own research. I collect data for ecosystem-monitoring programs that are really long term.â She has a masters degree in conservation biology, but thatâs not where de Graciaâthe daughter of traveling journalistsâsays her strengths or interests lie. âI always felt like I was just using science to be able to live on these remote islands with penguins and with other seabirds, to experience that lifestyle. I love learning about science, but the usual track is to do these types of jobs then end up being a researcher yourself. And that has not been my path.â We discuss, among other things, how she got set on that path, as well as what her journey to Antarctica was like. âYou travel down there in this really big ship,â she said. âFor five days, you cross the Drake Passage, which is one of the stormiest stretches of ocean in the world, between Chile and the Antarctic Peninsula. It pinches the Southern Ocean, so all those currents and winds get condensed and really strong in that area. Itâs a very disorienting trip because youâre on anti-nausea meds, itâs turbulent, and the ship is this sterile environment: You get disconnected from any sense of your time. Nothing outside except ocean and seabirds. Itâs like youâre traveling into a different dimension.â [Watch here.]( âBrian Gallagher, associate editor [Get Your Story in Front of Industry Executives]( Attention writers! 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SN 1006, as we call it today, was probably [the brightest thing humans have ever seen]( in the sky. All supernovas in the Milky Way, exploding with the power of several octillion nuclear warheads, stand out enough to be plainly seen across the galaxy. But what powers them? Thomas Lewton wrote about recents 3D simulations that [solved the mystery of why stars explode at all.]( Todayâs newsletter was written by Brian Gallagher BECOME A SUBSCRIBER [An Artisanal Candle and a Nautilus Membership, Half-off]( For the first time, a subscription to Nautilus at any membership tier is half-off along with a purchase of [The Mother Of All Growth](, our limited-edition, organic soy candle perfumed with a custom Nautilus-inspired scent of rich, loamy earth. [Join Today]( Thanks for reading. [Tell us](mailto:brian.gallagher@nautil.us) your thoughts on todayâs note. Plus, [browse our archive]( of past print issues, and inspire a friend to sign up for [the Nautilus newsletter](. 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