How to Make a Digital Display That Rolls Like a Magazine
05.14.2009 Computer screens of the future may wrap around your finger. Here’s an inside look at how HP makes their prototype model.
by Rachel Cernansky
The Plants That Eat Animals
05.12.2009 The deadly lure of carnivorous plants has long captivated botanists. Today, researchers still puzzle over the bizarre members of nature’s Little Shop of Horrors.
by Amy Barth
The Best NASA Satellite Photos from the Last 50 Years
05.05.2009 Solar storms, choking cities, and glories in the sky, captured on film.
by Jeremy Jacquot
Our Quest to Explore—and Photograph—the Solar System
04.21.2009 Each stab outward into space gives us a chance to image some new part of our cosmic neighborhood, from Earth to water on Mars to the strange moons of Jupiter and Saturn.
by Eliza Strickland and DISCOVER staff
Countdown to Fusion: National Ignition Facility in Pictures
04.14.2009 Researchers at Livermore National Lab expect to be producing energy with a controlled, self-sustaining fusion reaction within three years.
Man's Greatest Crimes Against the Earth, in Pictures
04.08.2009 Humans rule the world… and destroy it in the process.
by Rachel Cernansky
Cannibalism: The Animal Kingdom's Dirty Little Secret
04.01.2009 Throughout the animal kingdom, species sometimes get hungry for their own.
by Andrew Moseman
How to Unwrap a Mummy—and Diagnose What Killed It
03.20.2009 Researchers are using noninvasive techniques to find out more and more about preserved corpses from around the world.
by Amy Barth
Play Nice: 9 Eco-Friendly Toys
03.19.2009 This year's Toy Fair in NYC showed a notable trend toward green toys.
Beautiful Images of Strange Fruits
03.11.2009 The scarlet pimpernel's has a natural hinge. The blueberry glows brightly—in ultraviolet light. The Buddha's hand looks like… You guessed it.
by Eliza Strickland
