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[View in browser]( | [Become a member]( Newsletter brought to you by: July 28, 2022 Did a friend forward this? [Subscribe here](. Dear Nautilus Reader, Slicing open patientsâ abdomens without anesthesia, using urine as an antiseptic, having your hands cut off if you killed a patientâthe history of surgery and surgeons is not for the faint of heart. But as medical student and writer Michael Denham informs us this week, [the barbarity of ancient surgery]( led to the lifesaving procedures today. Itâs just that a hell of a lot of people suffered, and itâs no surprise they were societyâs most vulnerable. Also, astrobiologist Caleb Scharf takes us on a guided tour of one of the Webb Telescopeâs new images. What are we seeing, exactly, in [this picture of Stephanâs Quintet](? And environmental historian Claudia Ford brings us up to speed on [the history of terminating pregnancy](. Plus, James Lovelock, creator of the [Gaia Hypothesis](, a holistic view of life and Earth, died on Tuesday, at age 103. He was âa truly fresh thinker,â wrote James F. Kasting, a planetary scientist who debated Lovelock. Weâre revisiting one of Lovelockâs final works, [looking ahead into our and Earthâs cyborg future](. Plus, donât miss this weekâs Facts So Romantic below. [READ IT ALL NOW]( [HISTORY]( [When the Surgeon Was an Uneducated Barber]( A medical student confronts the history of surgery. BY MICHAEL DENHAM âCome here,â the vascular surgeon told me during a lull in activity. [Continue reading â]( Experience the endless possibilities and deep human connections that science offers [BECOME A MEMBER]( [Invest in the Future of Accessible Automation]( [A]([lly Robotics](â innovative hardware is making robotic arms more accessible to any service business. Extremely lightweight and intelligent, businesses can effortlessly use Allyâs robotic arm to produce moving and controlling mechanisms at 30% of the cost compared to other producers. Get ahead of the curve and [invest in a new era]( of accessible robotics technology for as little as $2.70 per share that will revolutionize the $279B quick service restaurant industry. Backed by the leader in restaurant automation technology, Ally has $30M in potential revenue already committed. [Invest Now]( [ASTRONOMY]( [A Mirror of Our Best Selves]( An astrobiologist annotates what we are seeing in this James Webb Space Telescope image. BY CALEB SCHARF Occasionally our species manages to accomplish something that every single one of us (except perhaps for the most misanthropic curmudgeons) can enjoy as a sign that all hope is not lost, that we can still reach for the sublime. [Continue reading â]( [HISTORY]( [Termination of Pregnancy Has Always Been Part of Womenâs Health]( Plants, prejudice, and history lessons for a post-Roe nation. BY BRANDON KEIM In a post-Roe nation where abortion is no longer legally available to millions of women, where might they turn? [Continue reading â]( [TECHNOLOGY]( [Gaia Will Soon Belong to the Cyborgs]( The father of the Gaia principle on the coming age of hyperintelligence. BY JAMES LOVELOCK Our reign as sole understanders of the cosmos is rapidly coming to an end. [Continue reading â]( FACTS SO ROMANTIC The Best Things We Learned Today [The brilliant emission of light]( at the center of galaxy NGC 7319, visible in a new Webb Telescope image of Stephanâs Quintet, is as luminous as 40 million suns. Itâs the result of matter streaming toward a supermassive black hole 24 million times more massive than our sun.
[Nautilusâ]( [The Code of Hammurabiâthe legal text]( of the famed Babylonian ruler who reigned from 1795 to 1750 BCâincluded a warning of the risk of failure in surgery: âIf a surgeon has treated a gentleman for a severe wound with a bronze lancet and has caused the gentleman to die, or has opened an abscess of the eye for a gentleman with the bronze lancet and has caused the loss of the gentlemanâs eye, one shall cut off his hands.â
[Nautilusâ]( [In the colonial era, European ship doctors]( would see how easy childbirth seemed for Indigenous women and they credited an herb called blue cohosh, a fabulous uterine tonic thatâs still used.
[Nautilusâ]( [Human hearing can detect a sound]( with an amplitude equal to a tenth of the diameter of a proton.
[Nautilusâ]( [The mechanics governing an ant colonyâs]( decision-making share similarities with brain activity. âOur findings in ants,â write Asaf Gal and Daniel Kronauer, âparallel other complex biological systems like neural circuits.â
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