Sociology
The Problem with Scientific Credit
Our algorithm said a courtesy driver should have won the Nobel Prize.
The Euclidean Metrics of Trump’s Twitter Account
How online personalities are quantified and compared.
Thomas Kuhn Threw an Ashtray at Me
Why Errol Morris is still outraged by the famous philosopher of science.
What a Russian Smile Means
How culture and history make American and Russian smiles different.
Does Theranos Mark the Peak of the Silicon Valley Bubble?
John Carreyrou talks to Nautilus about the lessons of a $1 billion fraud.
How My Nobel Dream Bit the Dust
My team thought we’d proved cosmological inflation. We were wrong.
Why Women Choose Differently at Work
Psychologist Susan Pinker on the role of choice in gender differences in the workplace.
Your City Has a Gender and It’s Male
Why city designers are increasingly thinking about the female perspective.
Would Twitter Ruin Bee Democracy?
Simple-majority democracy is used by many animals. But they don’t have social media.