http://discovermagazine.com Science, Technology, and The Future http://discovermagazine.com/2008/may/23-the-space-race-for-the-new-millenium Despite open questions about funding, NASA space planners are working at breakneck speed to send a manned spacecraft to the moon by 2020, and explore it using the latest in cutting-edge technology. Tyghe Trimble 2008-05-08T04:10:23Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/apr/05-space 7 ways to be a space tourist, from a trip to the moon for $100 million to a free online spaceflight simulator. Includes video of a Discover editor bouncing around the cabin of a zero-G flight. Stephen Cass 2008-04-09T03:56:21Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/apr/08-mercurys-secrets-revealed The Messenger spacecraft made the first pass by Mercury in more than thirty years and captured more than 1,000 images, many of which offer surprising insights into the planet's history. Karen Rowan 2008-04-08T03:38:58Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/feb/11-mission-to-the-forgotten-planets Pluto wasn't the first planet officially stripped of its status as a planet: 200 years ago, two asteroids were similarly dissed. Fred Guterl 2008-03-11T04:56:41Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/feb/rearranging-stars-to-communicate-with-aliens We could leave durable messages to intelligent aliens by guiding stars into certain configurations. One possible configuration: a “hyper-super-duper double-star system”—a pair of a pair of a pair of binary stars, 16 total. Jaron Lanier 2008-02-08T04:41:04Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/feb/just-how-nasty-is-space-food There I was, feeling like a cross between a superstar chef and a crack addict, madly jabbing a needle into a scrunched-up pouch of freeze-dried NASA shrimp cocktail... Bill Daley 2008-02-01T05:20:09Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/feb/deadly-microbes-from-outer-space Get ready for diarrhea that's out of this world. Barry E. DiGregorio 2008-02-01T05:14:10Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/feb/20-things-you-didn2019t-know-about-science-fiction 19) After Philip K. Dick’s death, fans built an android likeness of him that mimicked his mannerisms and quoted his writings. 20) In 2005, the Dickbot was misplaced by a baggage handler. It remains at large. Dean Christopher and Jocelyn Rice with additional reporting by William Shunn 2008-02-14T06:34:03Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/feb/the-developmentally-disabled-galaxy A mysterious old-time galaxy churns out new stars like a young'un, and is strangely short on heavy elements. Clara Moskowitz 2008-01-17T04:54:08Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jan/twin-probes-watch-sun2019s-fury-in-3-d Jeffrey Winters 2008-01-15T07:48:20Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jan/saturn-seen-in-new-light Boonsri Dickinson 2008-01-15T07:48:18Z 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/mars-rover-delves-into-crater Jeffrey Winters 2008-01-14T03:26:49Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jan/diamonds-from-outer-space Anne Sasso 2008-01-11T09:24:15Z Print Article http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jan/black-hole-feasts-at-milky-way2019s-center Stephen Ornes 2008-01-14T07:52:59Z Print Article