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Brian Gallagher

Brian Gallagher is an associate editor at Nautilus. Follow him on X (formerly known as Twitter) @bsgallagher.

Why Should We Delay Gratification?

One question for Yuko Munakata, a psychologist at the University of California, Davis and director of the Cognition in Context Lab.

September 7, 2022

What Motivates Political Violence?

One question for Katarzyna Jaśko, a social psychologist at Jagiellonian University in Poland.

August 30, 2022

Are We Ready for the Next Massive Volcano?

It’s time to get prepared, argues a professor of volcanology.

August 24, 2022

Should NASA Have Its Own Spaceship to Compete with SpaceX and Blue Origin?

One Question for Lori Garver, former deputy administrator of NASA.

August 23, 2022

Do International Treaties Work?

One question for Mathieu Poirier, an assistant professor of social epidemiology at York University.

August 9, 2022

How Does Caffeine Shape the Way We Spend Money?

One question for Dipayan Biswas, a professor of marketing at the University of South Florida.

August 2, 2022

Why Do the Omicron Variants Spread So Easily?

One question for Abdullah Syed, a postdoctoral researcher at the Gladstone Institutes.

July 26, 2022

Does an AI’s Ability to Talk Mean It’s Conscious?

One question for Raphaël Millière, philosopher of cognitive science at Columbia University.

July 19, 2022

Overthrowing the Patriarchy Through Ecstatic Sex

Zoologist Lucy Cooke uncovers the sexual power of females in the animal world.

July 6, 2022

Automatic for the Oceans

A rock trio on the rise is raising environmental awareness.

June 30, 2022

Thinking Like a Scientist Will Make You Happier

Physicist Jim Al-Khalili explains how to get out from under the cloud of misinformation.

June 15, 2022

Robots Show Us Who We Are

What can we learn from machines with imagination and culture?

March 23, 2022