Tomorrow’s smart grid will keep the lights on and factories humming with clean (but fickle) renewable energy. 06.10.2009
A variety of new findings point to the "habitable zones" where we're likely to find extraterrestrials. 05.11.2009
Next month, 100 meteorologists will try to finally understand the dynamics of tornadoes—like the one that killed three people in Mena, Arkansas, last night. 04.10.2009
Tiny carbon spheres hidden under rock and ice may be telltales of cataclysmic comet strikes. 04.06.2009
Several forests around the world use fog to get critical moisture and nutrients. 03.30.2009
The beginning, the end, and the funny habits of our favorite ticking force. 03.12.2009
Stay away: these poofy blobs are actually quite deadly. 03.09.2009
It may look like a worthless rock, but it can be encrusted with diamonds or used to find black gold. 02.05.2009
Life from space, killer hail, bacterial weather, and more 12.24.2008
Undiscovered oil and gas reserves below the ice set off a polar gold rush. 12.22.2008
Some claim an earthquake caused this mud river, but new research says otherwise. 12.10.2008
20-pound chunks of ice falling on a sunny day? It's no urban myth. 12.09.2008
The tiny organisms may play a big role in causing precipitation. 12.07.2008
A strange electromagnetic wave follows the path of sound waves through water. 12.05.2008
Aerovolc 1 has a very sharp sense of smell—and not a shred of fear. 11.18.2008
A clear-eyed look at the magnitude of global warming problem—and the cost in getting rid of it. 10.18.2008
Ice core samples reveal the atmosphere's secrets as far back as 400,000 years. 10.14.2008
The future is now for sustainable cities in the U.K., China, and U.A.E. 10.08.2008
You've heard about the freaky animals at ocean vents. Now check out the freaky water. 10.05.2008
A new open-source atlas could keep you from falling into a sinkhole and help settle the great Arctic land grab. 10.03.2008
William McDonough aims to create buildings that produce oxygen, sequester carbon, and produce more power than they use. 09.28.2008
Pedro Sanchez says we need nanofertilizers, transgenic crops, and governments and investors with cojones. 09.12.2008
A DISCOVER editor delves into the unseen forces that affect our lives. 08.29.2008
The 360° World Atlas turns anyone with a computer into a global traveler. 08.17.2008
Some brave pilots fly tiny gliders into an amazing type of cloud that forms only in Australia. 08.14.2008
A new book takes readers through the birth and unstoppable rise of this dangerous element. 08.04.2008
Galileo was forced to recant his astronomical theories on the summer solstice of 1633. 06.19.2008
How many ways can humans fail at manipulating nature? 06.06.2008
Could new technology help humans eliminate "acts of God"? 06.06.2008
Iron Man suits, ice telescopes, and underwater CO2 traps 06.02.2008
Check out these 7 amazing locales soon; they may not be around for long. 04.10.2008
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Some rock acts as a natural stopper to buried carbon dioxide. 02.29.2008
The global warming risk that's also a great opportunity 01.31.2008
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Ancient diamonds suggest a thick skin on the early Earth. 12.20.2007
Anti-inflammatory, protector of astronaut eyes, and excrement of the gods 11.15.2007
They just don't make two-foot dragonflies like they used to. Here's why. 11.02.2007
Combined with a GPS beak, it leads them on marathon migrations. 10.30.2007
Ultrafast scramjets, mach-10 wind tunnels, cockpit displays that see through clouds... 10.17.2007
We now know the planet is quite mushy—but at least we know. 10.12.2007
Scientists race to discover the secret world buried miles beneath Antarctica. 09.28.2007
Even a rock with no atmosphere needs to let it out sometimes. 09.24.2007
In the South Pacific, the crew of a yacht saw new land form right beneath their boat. 08.08.2007
You can’t hear it, but our planet’s ultradeep hum could save your life. 08.02.2007
A probe might reveal what's happening at the core. 06.08.2007
Cosmic dust, cockroach parts, chloroform—you name it 06.07.2007
The millirems pour in from bananas, bomb tests, the air, bedmates... 06.04.2007
If heat were visible, we’d see a lot of frenzied motion. 05.30.2007
Satellites accurately track Earth's squishiness. 03.23.2007
Huge eruptions leave the world cold and hungry. 03.19.2007
Global warming as hot topic, water worlds under Antarctic ice, King Tut's alien heat source, and more 12.27.2006
Once, Alaska was near the equator. 11.17.2006
In only a million years we'll have an eighth: East Africa. 10.31.2006
The world's largest desert was once a green Eden. One day it will be again. 10.25.2006
Searching for a pot of gold? Try the center of the Earth. 09.01.2006
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Just about every atom on Earth has been through a hypervelocity impact. 07.24.2005
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A ruby's dazzling color masks the mysterious origins of its birth 11.25.2004
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Year In Science 01.13.2002
Whatever you do, don't get started on fossils 07.01.2001