💡 A new way to connect with animals, a very, very ancient mollusc, a new way to catch out deepfakes

The latest from Nautilus, the best things we learned, and more. [View in Browser]( | [Join Nautilus]( Did a friend forward this? Sign up here Together with: Hello Nautilus readers, and thanks for joining us. Today we take a look at the world through the eyes—and ears—of animals. Also, a new way to spot deepfakes, what we can learn from a culture’s language, and more. Check out today’s free story on why songs get stuck in our heads, below. Have a great weekend! — Liz Greene The latest from Nautilus If Animals Could Talk A new art installation broadcasts the audiovisual worlds of dolphins, bats, snakes, and other animals. [Continue Reading→]( The Galaxies in Your Eyes The eyes in deepfake photos give them away. [Continue Reading→]( Don’t limit your curiosity. Enjoy unlimited ad-free Nautilus stories every month for less than $5/month. [Join now]( Restore the Planet, One Mission at a Time [Planet Wild]( is a community of people who finance efficient projects aimed at saving animals, oceans and forests. Every month, [Planet Wild]( pools member contributions and funds nature restoration where it really matters. This is all documented in monthly videos, so you regularly get to see what impact your support creates. No contribution is too small. Start from just $6/month and cancel anytime you want. If you care about nature, you can now do something to protect it. The first 150 people to sign up [via the link]( (coupon code automatically applied) will receive the first month for free as a special offer from us. [Join Planet Wild]( *Thank you for supporting our sponsors. The best things we learned today - Elephant rumbles can dip into the lower limit of the range of human hearing—but we can sense them with our bodies. [Read on Nautilus→]( - The earliest molluscs may have been covered in hollow spines, which might have done double duty as protection and sensory organs. [Read on Nature→]( - Researchers can identify deepfakes by analyzing reflections in the eyes about 70 percent of the time—when they use tools devoloped for astronomy. [Read on Nautilus→]( - A single gene appears to be responsible for the presence or absence of prickles—like the ones commonly found on roses. [Read on The New York Times→]( - For one week, Larry Richardson was the most cited cat in science history, with more than 130 citations. [Read on Science→]( “You could think about language in a similar way as we think about the archaeological sites in a landscape.” — Researchers are using a 19th-century Yaghan-English dictionary to learn more about life in an ancient, Indigenous civilization in Tierra del Fuego. Katarina Zimmer takes us there, in “[Excavating a Language at the End of the World](.” Punk Ecosystems Will Never Die Our planet’s oldest ecosystems are like living superorganisms. [Watch]( or [listen to]( punk/rap rocker fish narc read a story exploring how they sustain themselves. [Watch on YouTube]( Today’s unlocked free story ARTS The Necessity of Musical Hallucinations That song stuck in your head is your brain doing its work. By Jonathan Berger During the last months of my mother’s life, as she ventured further from lucidity, she was visited by music. [Continue reading]( P.S. The Billboard Hot 100 was published for the first time on August 4, 1958. Which begs the question: Why do we get [songs stuck in our heads](? It has to do with the way we make associations in our brains. Scientists have found that if you hear the first bit of a tune you know, your brain will fill in the rest. Thanks for reading! What did you think of today's note? Inspire a friend to [sign up for the Nautilus newsletter](. Copyright © 2024 NautilusNext, All rights reserved. You were subscribed to the newsletter from [nautil.us](. Our mailing address is: NautilusNext 3112 Windsor Rd, Ste A-391 Austin, TX, 78703 Don't want to hear from us anymore? [Unsubscribe](