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Gene Expression

Out of Africa and out of Siberia

The latest edition of The American Journal of Human Genetics has two ...

January 27, 2012 04:56 PM

Discoblog

“Nasal Tampon” Made of Cured Pork Is a Great Cure for Nosebleeds

January 27, 2012 04:04 PM

Discoblog

3,500-Year-Old Jokes Have Something to Say About Yo Mama

January 27, 2012 02:14 PM

Bad Astronomy

The Gingrich Who Stole The News Cycle

Because I was on the road Wednesday night, I missed the first few hours of ...

January 27, 2012 01:38 PM

The Crux

The Newt-onian Mechanics of Building a Permanent Moon Base

On Wednesday, January 25th, Republican presidential hopeful Newt ...

January 27, 2012 11:38 AM

The Prophet of Space Trash

Donald Kessler is leading a new study considering what to do about orbital debris, a problem he saw developing decades ago.

January 26, 2012

How to Survive the End of the Universe

Humanity’s guide to the next billion trillion years. (Wormhole kit not included.)


January 25, 2012

Water Wranglers

DISCOVER co-sponsors a round table discussion on the future of water on a changing planet.

January 24, 2012

Fortress of Solitude-like Cave Houses Ridiculously Slow-Growing Crystals

Researcher uses a custom-built, ultrasensitive microscope to 
determine that a sample grew 0.000000000014 millimeter per second—the equivalent of a pencil width every 16,000 years.

January 18, 2012

How I Put a Murderer Away With Doppler Radar

Sometimes a smoking gun can be a weather pattern.

January 13, 2012

20 Things You Didn't Know About...

Alcohol

You can stash it in your muscles, you can make it in your intestines, and you can find it in space.

The Brain

Sewing Audio to Video, and Rubber Hands Onto People

When perceptions get mismatched in the mind, we can fall prey to maddening 
illusions, and reality is turned on its head.

Vital Signs

A Problem of the Heart, Head, or Hands?

A patient with a history of mental illness claims his hands are possessed. Could his delusional behavior indicate a serious medical condition?

Discover Interview

The Radical Linguist Noam Chomsky

Over 50 years ago, he began a revolution that's still playing out today.

Big Idea

Seeing Crime Before It Happens

Can remote sensors give us Minority Report-like powers to detect people who will soon break the law?

5 Questions

for the Microbial Puppet-Master

Timothy Lu gets bacteria to make enzymes that attack their own biofilms, setting them up for the kill.