💡 Crying Wolf in an Age of Alarms

The latest from Nautilus, and this week’s Facts So Romantic. [View in browser](| [Join Nautilus]( Together with Did a friend forward this? [Subscribe here.]( Hello there Nautilus readers, and thanks for joining us. Today we feel for those among us who have endured the human costs of faulty disaster warnings. Plus, how hurricanes foster social bonds, and the three cultures (can you guess them?) that exist in science. In this week’s Facts So Romantic—what happens at our cosmological horizon, and the exoplanet with an hours-long year. Check out your question of the day (on your prime cultural identity) and free story (on flying over Everest) below. Until next time! —Brian Gallagher The latest in Nautilus [PSYCHOLOGY]( Crying Wolf in an Age of Alarms The human costs of faulty disaster warnings. BY BENJAMIN CASSIDY [Continue reading→]( ADVERTISEMENT Big Theater Sound in a Small Package Getting a quality home theater experience isn’t just about the visuals, you need to amp up your audio too. The [Fire TV Soundbar]( enhances TV audio with dual speakers for fuller sound, clearer dialogue, and deeper bass—all in a compact package. The unobtrusive [Fire TV Soundbar]( slips underneath your TV and its sleek design matches any room. Treat yourself to [a rich audio experience]( and never miss a line of dialogue again. [BUY ON AMAZON]( Illustrator Spotlight ARTS Why AI Can Never Make Humans Obsolete A conversation with Issue 55 cover artist Angie Wang. [Continue reading→]( The latest from Nautilus ZOOLOGY How a Hurricane Brought Monkeys Together This island of macaques rebuilt their social networks after calamity. BY LEE ALAN DUGATKIN [Continue reading→]( ENVIRONMENT The Case for Scientific Transculturalism Life will stand a better chance against climate change if we mix big- and small-picture thinking. BY BRIAN GALLAGHER [Continue reading→]( PARTNER Sign up for the Imagine5 Newsletter Join more than [40,000 optimists]( today in creating a future we want to live in tomorrow. [Sign up here]( FACTS SO ROMANTIC The 5 Best Things We Learned Today Reported weather related-disasters increased almost fivefold from 1970 to 2019. [Nautilus→]( The “cosmological horizon” is where the farthest galaxies recede from us at nearly the speed of light. [Nautilus→]( The earliest foundations of the continents, formed 4 billion years ago, would have erupted from submarine volcanoes and never risen above sea level. [Nautilus→]( While the years on the exoplanet Speculoos-3b are short—just 17 hours—the days and nights are never-ending. [The Guardian→]( The spectacular baobab trees likely originated in Madagascar. [Nature→]( WE'RE CURIOUS TO KNOW... How would you describe the culture you identify with most? 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“The Case for Scientific Transculturalism.”]([)]( Top Answer to Our Previous Question(On Whether You’ve Been Affected by a Hurricane) • When I was 11, I went into the Atlantic on a 30-foot boat to fish. The captain recognized the signs of a storm and turned around to head home. The clouds enveloped us, and the winds started tossing the boat, and water was spraying everywhere. Then I saw a patch of sky open up behind us and the sea was calm. We were in the eye of the storm, a momentary respite. The storm soon threw us again. I was so wiped out by the vomiting that I fell asleep. On the way home, the radio informed us that we had been through a cyclone that became a destructive hurricane, Hurricane Carol. – David M. • I lived in Florida for several years as a preteen. The hurricanes affected me, personally, with fear. We had a crawl space and a hallway with no windows. Our safety plan was to enclose our family in the hallway with our hurricane go-bag, and wait it out. The noise from the howling wind sounded like people screaming at times. The terror was real. – Rachel S. Your free story this Thursday! EVOLUTION Why Birds Can Fly Over Mount Everest A story for my grandchildren about oxygen, evolution, and our planet’s fate. BY WALTER MURCH [Continue reading for free→]( Step into the Void “Somewhere across the plain of imminence, shouting into the void …” That’s singer Nate Hardy from the second track of Microwave’s latest album Let’s Start Degeneracy. Voids—of the emotional sort—are a recurring theme across the album from the cheekily self-described “adult mid-tempo psychedelic contemporary rock band from Atlanta, GA.” It’s fitting then, that Nate has chosen to read [this story]( from one of our most prolific contributors, theoretical cosmologist Paul M. Sutter. Sutter tells us, “This story about voids is deeply personal to me, as voids have always struck a chord with me and been the focus of my scientific research. But there's so much more to the concept of nothingness than just their physical manifestation, and it's beautiful to hear echoes of that search in Nate's narration.” You can now [watch]( or [listen]( to Hardy read Sutter’s story “Why We Need to Study Nothing.” [WATCH]( [LISTEN]( P.S. The Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest on this day in 1975. Getting up to that elevation—around 28,000 feet—is a remarkable feat for a human but, [for bar-headed geese, it’s a fact of life.]( They’ve been migrating over the Himalayas for millions of years. How? “The answer seems to be that bar-headed geese, like all birds—hummingbirds, ostriches, pigeons—have super-efficient lungs,” wrote Walter Murch. “I’m sure when birds get together they gossip about how pathetic our lungs are!” 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 © 2024 NautilusNext, All rights reserved. You were subscribed to the newsletter from [nautil.us](. 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