http://discovermagazine.com Science, Technology, and The Future http://discovermagazine.com/2008/aug/23-a-first-hand-look-at-the-grizzly-recovery Yellowstone's course “Grizzlies: From Dumps to Recovery?” lets participants head into the wild to track the bears—and learned how they were rescued from the path to extinction. Hannah Hoag 2008-07-23T04:07:18Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jul/16-ocean-acidification-a-global-case-of-osteoporosis Industrial carbon dioxide is turning the oceans acidic, threatening the foundation of sea life. Kathleen McAuliffe 2008-07-16T03:58:52Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jul/10-female-starlings-duped-into-mating-with-duds Estrogens from pollution are having unwelcome effects on wildlife, including starlings. While the strongest males typically have the best songs, now lesser birds are raising their voices—and winning the mates. Robert Kunzig 2008-07-10T04:38:43Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jul/10-the-worlds-largest-dump Floating in the Pacific ocean is a massive island of trash. Now, researchers have decided to map the size, content, and density of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Thomas M. Kostigen 2008-07-10T05:17:54Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/aug/08-fighting-cow-methane-at-the-source Cow burps are a serious contender in global warming, putting huge amounts of methane into the air. Now, genetically modified grass may be the key to stopping cow methane in its tracks. Amber Fields 2008-07-08T13:28:45Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/aug/04-10-ways-methane-could-brake-global-warming Earth’s frozen methane stash, death by the ultimate gas leak, plant farts are dangerous, too... Susannah Locke 2008-07-09T05:04:15Z Web Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jul/28-the-5-most-creative-ways-to-clean-up-pollution Bricks made out of radio­active waste can soak up toxic mercury from the air. White rot fungi can oxidize pesticides, rendering them benign. And iron-rich human wastewater can prevent lead and arsenic waste from draining into groundwater. Karen Rowan 2008-06-28T08:01:34Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jul/20-things-you-didn.t-know-about-oil 16) In oil-rich Baku, Azerbaijan, villagers could once dig a hole in the ground with their hands, drop in a live coal, and start a fire. 17) In the United States, when people first noticed oil, they bottled it, slapped a label on, and sold it as a health tonic. Susan Kruglinski 2008-06-28T07:43:33Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jul/26-skip-the-shampoo The oils covering our bodies contain double-bonded molecules, including triglycerides, that react with chemicals in the air. “Each home or office has its own unique smog event every day.” Sarah Bates 2008-06-26T04:04:03Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/1988/jun/23-special-report-endless-summer-living-with-the-greenhouse-effect Twenty years ago, former DISCOVER senior editor and current New York Times reporter Andy Revkin wrote a groundbreaking piece on scientists' realization that greenhouse gas emissions were slowly cooking our planet. The article seems prescient even today. Andrew C. Revkin 2008-06-23T05:58:44Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jun/19-20-things-you-didnt-know-about-summer-solstice 10) Due to continued shifting of Earth’s axis, the Tropic of Cancer is now misnamed. On the current June solstice, the sun actually appears in the constellation Taurus. 8) Modern-day druids gather at England’s Stonehenge to mark the summer solstice. Many still don Celtic attire, even though a civilization known as the Beaker People finished Stonehenge a millennium before the Celts turned up. Dean Christopher 2008-06-19T03:13:29Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jun/17-mtv-for-geeks A new show on Nova offers easily digestible chunks of science. Jocelyn Rice 2008-06-17T03:52:06Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jun/11-water-water-everywhere-so-lets-all-have-a-drink Offshore desalination could turn the oceans into an inexhaustible water supply—just like Homer Simpson dreamed when lost at sea. Patrick Huyghe 2008-06-11T04:03:44Z Web Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jun/11-ever-wonder-what-a-famous-physicist-reads-at-night Freeman Dyson gives DISCOVER a peek at his stash of bedroom reading. 2008-07-15T05:29:26Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jun/06-biggest-weather-weather-change-flubs-in-history Clearing the skies with Civil War cannons, burying the Viet Cong in mud, and turning clouds into gelatinous goop—they might've looked good on paper, but none actually worked out. Donovan Webster and Karen Rowan 2008-06-06T07:40:05Z Print Article