💡 5 Myths About Love and Desire

The latest from Nautilus, and this week’s Facts So Romantic. [View in browser](| [Join Nautilus]( Did a friend forward this? [Subscribe here.]( This Thursday, read the latest stories from Nautilus and this week’s Facts So Romantic—plus today’s free story below [ARTS]( [A Glitch in My Serenade]( Could AI help me compose a musical expression of love? BY GRIGORI GUITCHOUNTS In the warming days of early New England summer, I started lying to my fiancé. [Continue reading→]( Illustrator Spotlight [ARTS]( [Building a Bridge Between Data and Art]( A conversation with Issue 52 cover artist Mark Belan. BY THE NAUTILUS MARKETING TEAM Artist Mark Belan is a master at grabbing attention. [Continue reading→]( The latest from Nautilus [PSYCHOLOGY]( [5 Myths About Love and Desire]( Love languages aren’t a thing, and sex every day is probably overdoing it. BY KRISTEN FRENCH [Continue reading→]( [C](OMMUNICATION [Could Onomatopoeia Be the Origin of Language?]( What we can learn from the ding-dong hypothesis, James Joyce, Buster Keaton, and a language known as !Xoon. BY CASPAR HENDERSON[Continue reading→]( Decode Your Dog's DNA The Embark Dog DNA Breed & Health Kit tells you your dog’s breed and whether they have any genetic health markers to be concerned about—you can even find their relatives. [Get yours for 30% off now.]( [BUY ON AMAZON]( WE'RE CURIOUS TO KNOW... What has AI helped you to create? Let us know! Reply to this newsletter with your response, briefly explaining your choice, and we’ll reveal the top answers. (This question was inspired by [“A Glitch in My Serenade.”]([)]( Top Answers to Our Previous Question(On the Most Memorable Romantic Gesture You’ve Ever Experienced) • On a road trip with several friends, I stayed overnight at the home of someone who later became my husband. I complimented him on the lavender soap—my favorite—in the bathroom. As he and I later were becoming lovers, for my birthday he mailed me a bar of lavender soap. It was delivered on that hot summer day to the roadside mailbox, where it heated and released its wonderful smell all day, so that when I opened the mailbox that evening the smell washed over me, and I quickly guessed what was there, and with a bit more cogitation also guessed who had sent it, and my heart swelled! – Ellen B. • I was recovering from major surgery on my wrist and had a migraine. After drinking some coffee, I threw up all over myself and my bed. My husband came to me. He cleaned me up and helped me change my clothes, then guided me to the couch. He changed the sheets, and guided me back to bed. I’ve never felt so loved. – Leslie L. • My very first sable paint brush was gifted to me in a mailing from a long distance love in a gesture of reciprocity. The sable hairs were super responsive to water and pressure. Painting with it was an experience of quality unlike anything I’d known. To say we shared a love of painting is an understatement. We also shared painting as an expression of love. – Frances S. FACTS SO ROMANTIC The 5 Best Things We Learned Today Some of the Carnatic ragas resemble a harmonic minor scale, with the addition of some minor and augmented seconds—something Slavic music loves to use, and a piano can express easily. [Nautilus→]( The well-being of couples increases with sex frequency up to a rate of about once a week—the average reported in established relationships—but after that it levels off. [Nautilus→]( In Japanese cats go nyaa, and bees—having no access to the zz sound—go boon-boon. [Nautilus→]( In Sumerian literature, kissing is portrayed as afterplay. Sex comes first. [The New York Times→]( The first super-large structure in the universe to be discovered is known as the “great wall.” [Space.com→]( [“AI produced something that resembled a drunkard’s rendition of Mozart.”]( [Grigori Guitchounts writes about struggling to compose a piano piece as a wedding gift.]( There’s an E-Bike for Everyone Not sure if you want to commit to a new e-bike yet? You can turn your current bike into an e-bike with [the BAFANG conversion kit](. Rated Best Overall by Treehugger, it’s perfect for DIY enthusiasts. Wirecutter’s pick for best folding bike, [the Dahon Mariner D8](, packs the same punch as a full e-bike and folds up for easy storage. It’s a great option for city-dwellers and commuters. If you want to try an e-bike but don’t want to break the bank, [the Ancheer Blue Spark]( is for you. Popular Science rated it the Best Budget Bike of 2024 and it’s a steal at $350. Your free story this Thursday! [PHYSICS]( [What Impossible Meant to Feynman]( Physicist Paul Steinhardt remembers a great mentor and scientist. BY PAUL J. STEINHARDT Impossible! The word resonated throughout the large lecture hall. [Continue reading for free→]( Join Nautilus to Support Cancer Research For a limited time you can join Nautilus and help support [one of the scientists featured]( in our World Cancer Day series—Siddhartha Mukherjee—and his work researching Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS). Myelodysplastic Syndromes have no cure and treatment options are limited—about a third of MDS patients go on to develop acute leukemia. Join Nautilus anytime between now and February 16th, and we'll donate 25% of the cost of your membership towards MDS-Leukemia stem cell research at Columbia University. [JOIN NAUTILUS]( P.S. The theoretical physicist and author Richard Feynman—one of the top-10 greatest physicists of all time, according to one poll—died on this day in 1988. He became a scientific icon after his pivotal role identifying the cause of the Challenger space shuttle disaster. “He had a wonderfully playful sense of humor, and was notorious for his elaborate practical jokes,” Paul J. Steinhardt wrote. “But when it came to science, Feynman was [always uncompromisingly honest and brutally critical](, which made him an especially terrifying presence during scientific seminars. One could anticipate that he would interrupt and publicly challenge a speaker the moment he heard something that was, in his mind, imprecise or inaccurate.” Today’s newsletter was written by Brian Gallagher Thanks for reading. [Tell us](mailto:brian.gallagher@nautil.us?subject=&body=) your thoughts on today’s note. Plus, if you find our content valuable, consider [becoming a member]( to support our work, and inspire a friend to sign up for [the Nautilus newsletter](. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( Copyright © 2023 NautilusNext, All rights reserved. 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