This issue of Nautilus deals with fame: what it is, where it resides, and why. But we all know that fame is a fickle beast, smiling upon a fortunate few and forsaking others who are more deserving. So, tell us, who should be more famous than they are? Who’s the most underrated scientist, thinker, artist?
Rose Eveleth is Nautilus’ special media manager.
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Celebrating the scientific and technical contributions of Rome on the mythical birthday of the eternal city
Leonardo da Vinci, polymath and victim of the vagaries of science funding, was born on this day
Crafting a spacesuit demanded perfection from seamstresses to gluers to engineers — every stitch could mean life or death
The racist origin story of the most common college entrance exam
The past, present, and future of academic deception
An interview with James McCommons, author of The Feather Wars, about the past and future of bird conservation
