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25 Greatest Science Books of All Time
by the editors of DISCOVER magazine
DISCOVER presents the essential reading list for anyone interested in science.
Fuzzy Math: Million-Dollar Chess Match
by Alex Stone
Two certain defeats can be better than one.
Scientist of the Year: Jay Keasling
by Carl Zimmer
Which scientist had the greatest impact in the past year?
Scientist of the Year: Runners-Up
by Kyla Dunn, Jennifer Kahn
John Donoghue is developing implants that connect the brain to a prosthetic limb, and Svante Pääbo is mapping the DNA of the Neanderthal.
The God Experiments
by John Horgan
Five researchers take science where it's never gone before.
Can Coal Come Clean?
by Tim Folger
How to survive the return of the world's dirtiest fossil fuel.
Nobel Notations
by Josie Glausiusz
While this year's winners gather in Stockholm, some earlier Nobel laureates decode their breakthroughs with crayon and cardboard.
Million Dollar Math
by Stephen Ornes
If you can solve the world's most daunting mathematical challenges, fame awaits. Fortune, too, if you want it

DEPARTMENTS

Peer Review
Peer Review: Fighting the Terrorist Virus
by Douglas Rushkoff
If terrorism is cultivated by modern media, how do we fight it?
Letters
Letters
Readers duke it out over the fate of science and react to DISCOVER's interview with Newt Gingrich
20 Things You Didn't Know About...
20 Things You Didn't Know About... Rats
by Liza Lentini, David Mouzon
Jack Black the royal rat catcher, Jacko the world-champion rat killer, rats who mate more than once a minute, and more
Raw Data
Raw Data: Is Cancer the Price of Longevity?
by Jessica Ruvinsky
The same protein that prevents cancer may also encourage aging.
Reviews
Reviews
Glimpses of nature in a New York photography show; Lego's robot kit; order a tank on Amazon.com.
Vital Signs
Vital Signs: Bugs Are Crawling In My Skin
by Claire Panosian Dunavan
Skin eruptions mystify both doctor and patient.
Map
Map: Shiny, Happy People
by Jennifer Barone
National mirth rates are uncovered.
Natural Selections
Natural Selections: Life After the Wave
by Mary C. Pearl
Dramatic photos show how the tsunami devastated Sri Lanka's landscape, but ecologists predict it will recover.
Jaron's World
Jaron's World: Frozen in Time
by Jaron Lanier
Birth reveals the transitional nature of the design.
Blinded By Science
Blinded by Science: Birding Brains
by Bruno Maddox
How birding in Central Park in an age of terror makes the man

DATA

Move Over, T. Rex
by Stephen Ornes
Most dinos are still in the ground.
One Giant Step for a Small, Crowded Country
by Tony McNicol
Are the Japanese moving to the moon?
Global Warming Sinks
by Anne Casselman
Greenhouse gases could go undersea.
Rethinking the Conscious Mind
by Anne Casselman
To be aware or not to be aware: that is the question.
What Ever Happened to Crack Babies?
by Stephen Ornes
Doctors shoot down crack baby theories and stigmas.
Mother's Littlest Helper
by Jessica Ruvinsky
Viruses are essential to the developing fetus.
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When All Whales Were Killers
by Kathryn Garfield
An ancient fossil shows what came before baleen: big, nasty teeth.
World's Biggest Binoculars
by Alex Stone
Astronomers open a new window onto the universe.
Why Fathers Know Best
by Jennifer Barone
Babies aren't the only ones with developing brains.
Pyramid Building Saps the Soul
by Britt Peterson
An ancient poem spills Egyptian blues.
Earth's Big Balancing Act
by Stephen Ornes
Once, Alaska was near the equator.
How Good Genes Go Bad
by Jessica Ruvinsky
More ways to mess up your kids.
Good News For Light Sleepers
by Eric Jaffe
Gravity-defying beds are no longer a figment of Stanley Kubrick's imagination.
Are We All Synesthetes?
by Kathryn Garfield
Hear a painting, taste a symphony, and smell a color—is this what we do subconsciously?
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