Top stories published by Nautilus Magazine in October of 2019

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Oct 8, 2019

A child hugs their knees to their chest, photoshopped into a large, red and orange circular fractal.

Is Consciousness Fractal?

Our subconscious love for fractals may tell an evolutionary story

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Oct 14, 2019

Leprachauns on either side of the illustration look at an 8-bit video-game style drawing of a leprachaun with a ? box.

How Designers Engineer Luck Into Video Games

The responsibilities and challenges of programmed luck

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Oct 23, 2019

A blurry tan circle on a black background. A bunch of math equations float randomly in the circle.

How to Build a Probability Microscope

The surprising mathematics of the extremely rare

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Oct 9, 2019

An illustration of a network of molecules superimposed on a photograph of Roger Penrose.

Roger Penrose On Why Consciousness Does Not Compute

The emperor of physics defends his controversial…

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Oct 1, 2019

4 MRI scans of a person’s head; each scan shows a different layer of the face and brain.

Is Matter Conscious?

Why the central problem in neuroscience is mirrored in physics

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Oct 1, 2019

The Spiritual, Reductionist Consciousness of Christof Koch

What the neuroscientist is discovering is…

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Oct 10, 2019

A photocollage of a skull, a statue of a good-luck cat, a goldfish, a stenciled number 4, and someone getting a haircut.

Is the Chinese Language a Superstition Machine?

How ambiguity in language can create unique taboos

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Oct 8, 2019

A drawing of an atom that has 4 large eyeballs instead of electrons.

A Theory of Consciousness Can Help Build a Theory of Everything

Neuroscience is weighing in on…

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Oct 6, 2019

A black-and-white photo of the front of a run-down house with junk in the front yard.

Why Poverty Is Like a Disease

Emerging science is putting the lie to American meritocracy

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Oct 21, 2019

The Deceptions of Luck

Nature makes chance, humans make luck

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These were the top 10 stories published by Nautilus Magazine in October of 2019. You can also dive into daily archives for October of 2019 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

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