How Much Do Chemicals Affect Our Health?
04.25.2008 Philip Landrigan tracks how dangers like the WTC can cause problems like ADD.
by Linda Marsa; photography by Jesse Chehak
From Haitian Zombie Poison to Inuit Knives Made of Feces
Wade Davis, a real-life Indiana Jones, chronicles cultures at the brink. 03.27.2008
George Schaller's Grand Plan to Save the Marco Polo Sheep
"Obviously humans are evolution’s greatest mistake," says the conservationist. 02.21.2008
A Chat With George W. Bush’s Conscience
Embryonic stem cells crashed against Leon Kass’ old-school moralism. 02.20.2008
Your Brain on Music, Magnets, and Meth
No one has seen oddities of the mind quite like Oliver Sacks has. 01.01.2008
The Man Who Imagined Wormholes and Schooled Hawking
Kip Thorne revolutionized physics, fixed up Contact, and straddled the Cold War divide. 11.09.2007
The Granddaddy of Space Colonization?
Fifty years after Sputnik, Burt Rutan leads a new space race. 10.08.2007
Why Has Steven Pinker Studied Verbs for 20 Years?
The rules of language may reveal how our brains really work. 09.17.2007
Discover Interview: Director of Iraq's National Museum
The archaeologist talks about the loss of artifacts and why he fled his homeland. 08.03.2007
William Gibson on the Past and Future
Somehow, cyberspace and the real world switched places. 07.30.2007
Sun's Shifts May Cause Global Warming
Physicist says carbon dioxide's no big deal 06.25.2007
David Brin Predicts the Future
Sci-fi author knew all about the Web, global warming, and more 06.07.2007
Is Morality Innate and Universal?
A hardwired moral code leaves a lot of room for interpretation. 05.10.2007
The Discover Interview: Paul Allen
Microsoft's co-founder throws his fortune at the frontiers of science. 04.23.2007
Raw Data: Beacon Bird of Climate Change
Penguin poop reveals secrets of the Antarctic climate. 04.04.2007
The Discover Interview: Jane Goodall
For 47 years, Goodall has studied, communicated with, and lived with chimps. 03.28.2007
The Discover Interview: Francis Collins
Top geneticist is a devout Christian and true believer in stem cell research. 02.20.2007
The Discover Interview: Marvin Minsky
The legendary pioneer of artificial intelligence ponders the brain, bashes neuroscience, and lays out a plan for superhuman robot servants. 01.12.2007
The Discover Interview: Jeffrey Sachs
He's got a plan to save the world. All it needs is a smart dose of science, some enlightened politicians, and about 0.7 percent of your money. 11.27.2006
The Discover Interview: Newt Gingrich
The former Speaker weighs in on evolution, stem cells, Washington's two cultures, and why kids should be paid to take science and math. 10.10.2006
The Discover Interview: David Baltimore
The retiring president of Caltech delivers some straight talk on AIDS research, celebrity science, and his role in one of the most talked-about fraud scandals of the past 25 years. 09.01.2006
The Discover Interview: Will Wright
The master of the computer god game tackles alien life and dreams up a world that would make Darwin drool. 08.01.2006
The Discover Interview: Lisa Randall
One of physics' brightest stars ventures into 10 dimensions, visits other universes, explains gravity, and keeps her sense of humor. 07.29.2006
Discover Interview: E.O. Wilson
Biology's chief provocateur explores the evolutionary origins of cooperation, warfare, and the tribal mind 06.25.2006
The Discover Interview: John McCarter
The head of Chicago's Field Museum lends a powerful new voice to the evolution debate 05.28.2006
Interview: Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel
Does psychotherapy work? We'd be a lot more certain if we slapped a little science on it. 04.02.2006