http://discovermagazine.com Science, Technology, and The Future http://discovermagazine.com/2008/apr/07-getting-drunk-on-chocolate-in-1100-bc An analysis of a 3,000-year-old jug reveals traces of a chemical found in cacao, leading researchers to believe that the jug's creators drank a fermented beverage made from cacao seeds. Clara Moskowitz 2008-04-07T03:43:17Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/apr/27-from-haitian-zombie-poison-to-inuit-knives Wade Davis, a real-life Indiana Jones, describes the Inuit "shit-knife": "As the feces began to freeze in his hand, he shaped it into an implement. When the blade started to take shape, he put a spray of saliva along the leading edge to sharpen it. He used it to butcher a dog. Improvised a sled with the dog’s rib cage and disappeared into the night." Jessica Ruvinsky 2008-03-27T03:33:49Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/mar/21-the-extinct-human-species-that-was-smarter-than-us The superintelligent Boskops had small, childlike faces and huge melon heads. Jane Bosveld 2008-03-21T04:36:45Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/apr/17-the-most-famous-ghost-town-in-america Like a zombie, Bodie is in a permanent state of “arrested decay.” Josie Glausiusz and Jane Bosveld 2008-03-24T11:59:51Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/apr/13-science-says-war-is-over-now Recent research suggest that given adequate food, fuel, and gender equality, war may disappear. John Horgan 2008-03-24T11:58:14Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/feb/the-mystery-of-silbury-hill The 4,400-year-old Silbury Hill has finally yielded its ancient secrets. It is not, despite the folklore, a dumping ground for the devil’s dirt. The hill is a shrine filled with rocks that, for Stone Age Britons, probably represented the spirits of ancient ancestors. David Keys 2008-02-13T02:21:35Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/feb/ancient-finns-saved-energy-by-skating 4,000 years before Nokia, the Finns created the first ice skates by wrapping bones to their feet with leather. Signal strength was lousy at first... Emily Anthes 2008-02-07T11:04:03Z Web Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/feb/did-life-evolve-in-ice Life may have begun in tiny chemical reactors in pockets of ice with funky properties on the ancient Earth. Douglas Fox 2008-02-01T09:01:37Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/feb/if-osama.s-only-6-degrees-away-why-can.t-we-find-him A sociologist recently discovered that Stanley Milgram misinterpreted—intentionally or not—the data from the famous six degrees of separation study. “I still find one of the most interesting questions to be why people so much want to believe that we live in a global village, all holding hands.” Elizabeth DeVita–Raebu 2008-01-28T10:48:18Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jan/andean-crops-cultivated-almost-10-000-years-ago Michael Abrams 2008-01-15T07:48:18Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jan/function-of-appendix-explained When you're sick, it re-boots your gut with good bacteria. Josie Glausiusz 2008-01-22T09:41:15Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jan/angkor-was-a-vast-city Andrew Curry 2008-01-15T07:49:00Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jan/tablets-of-unknown-ancient-script-surface Andrew Lawler 2008-01-14T07:24:23Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jan/stone-age-asteroid-may-have-wiped-out-life-in-america New evidence suggests the Clovis people and 35 genera of animals were killed by the explosion of an asteroid-caused apocalypse, including continent-wide fires and a 1,000-year cold spell. Michael Abrams 2008-01-17T04:46:44Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jan/tooth-ids-famed-egyptian-queen Boonsri Dickinson 2008-01-14T07:24:21Z Print Article