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FEATURES

To Hell and Back
by Kevin Krajick, Louise Gubbs/Saba
In the hot, radioactive world miles below us, microbe hunters encounter bizarre bugs that eat and breathe geologic ingredients like iron, manganese, and sulfur and, gasp, maybe our ancestors
The Last Big Bang Man
by Joseph D'Agnese, Kolin Smith
Once upon a time, a physicist figured out how the universe began.Then everybody forgot about him.
Mind Over Time
by Mark Caldwell
Now that we've finally figured out where our biological clocks are located, can we learn to control them?
Far Beyond Saturn
by Jeffrey Kluger
The remarkable journey of Voyager 2, the only probe to see the outer reaches of our solar system
Mind Over Time
by Mark Caldwell
Now that we've finally figured out where our biological clocks are located, can we learn to control them?
New Light on 1
New Light on 1
If Appliances Could Talk
If Appliances Could Talk
Video on a Chip
Video on a Chip
Disposable Chips
Disposable Chips
The Smallest Switch
The Smallest Switch
Energy Drain Plug
Energy Drain Plug
One-Minute Cholesterol Test
One-Minute Cholesterol Test
Looking Back at the Future:
by Mark Wheeler
Ten Years of Discover Awards

DEPARTMENTS

Vital Signs
Vital Signs
by Daniel C. Weaver
Mr. Ervin didn't know what hit him, and neither did his doctor
Letters
Letters
by Jeffrey Winters
Right on the mark. That was a letter-perfect example of condescending sexism.'
Reviews
Reviews
by Scott Kim
How to begin understanding the way a trout sees the world

DATA

NeuroQuest
by Eric Haseltine
Check out your reflexes to check out your overall health
Welcome to the Tenth Annual Discover Magazine Awards for Technological Innovation Presented by the Christopher Columbus Foundation
Welcome to the Tenth Annual Discover Magazine Awards for Technological Innovation Presented by the Christopher Columbus Foundation
The Tenth Annual Discover Magazine Awards for Technological Innovation EXPLORATION
WINNER Caltech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for Ion PropulsionInnovator: John StockyRevolutionary Rocket
The Tenth Annual Discover Magazine Awards for Technological Innovation TRANSPORTATION
WINNER MIT's MicroplasmatronInnovator: Daniel Cohn
A Vaccine Worth Taking
It's Not Easy Being Green
Frogs Legs Up
The Supreme Ugliness
The Dead Wives Club
Cancer Warning Light
One, Two . . . Kick
by Eric Haseltine
Check out your reflexes to check out your overall health
Look Up--Again!
by Bob Berman
More than fireworks will light July's skies for nights to come
Here We Go
The Tenth Annual DISCOVER Awards for Technological Innovation
WINNER Neural Signals and Emory University's Neurotrophic Implant forCommunicationInnovator: Philip Kennedy
Looking Back at the Future:
by Mark Wheeler
Ten Years of Discover Awards
Men Are Cheaters
Interview: Arthur C. Clarke
Liar, Liar, Face on Fire
The real truth is written all over your face.
The Satellite That Eats Itself
What's New, Robocat?
Oh My Aching Meninges
Lethal Snoring
Mysterious Fevers
by Daniel C. Weaver
Mr. Ervin didn't know what hit him, and neither did his doctor
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