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Discover Magazine's mission is to enable readers to lead richer lives by explaining and expanding their universe.  Each month we bring you in depth information and analysis from various topics ranging from technology and space to the living world we live in.

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The Truth About Invasive Species
by Alan Burdick
How to stop worrying and learn to love ecological intruders
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What Do Animals Think?
by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Temple Grandin says animals think like autistic humans. She should know
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Secret of the Spines
by Abraham Rabinovich
Watching sea urchins defy our knowledge of chemistry and physics
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On Top of Kitt Peak
by Corey S. Powell
Seven thousand feet above Arizona's saguaro forests, a unique gathering of observatories probe the universe's darkest secrets
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Native America's Alleles
by Jeff Wheelwright
Arizona's Pima Indians have the world's highest rate of diabetes, and the rest of the world is catching up fast. Can geneticists figure out why?
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Vitamin Cure
by Susan Freinkel
Can common nutrients curb violent tendencies and dispel clinical depression?

DEPARTMENTS

Letters
Letters
Vital Signs
Vital Signs
by Steward Massad
End-of-term complications in a difficult pregnancy almost kill a mother

DATA

The Physics of . . . Popcorn
by Joshua Foer
Scientists have doubled the payload of today's popcorn—at the expense of taste
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Emerging Technology
by Steven Johnson
If only publishers would let us cut, paste, forward, and even change their words
Letter From Discover

A good scientist is a skeptic

One Thing You Can't Put Off: Death
by Kathy A. Svitil
School of Flock
by Alex Stone
Young & Rested
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Planetary Peculiarities
by Kathy A. Svitil
For the Eyes Only
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Gladiators Get a Thumbs-Up
by Zach Zorich
Discover Dialogue: Evolutionary Biologist Mark Pagel
by Kathy A. Svitil
Human cultural groups have behaved as if they were different species
Sky Lights
by Bob Berman
Scientists celebrate a strange universe in which space can bend and time can stop
How Our Hair Turns Gray
by Jessa Forte Netting
Snap, Crackle, and Pop!
by Jocelyn Selim
Derivations
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16 Years Ago in Discover: The Future
by Anne Casselman
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Ask Discover
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Life on Mars
by Kathy A. Svitil
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