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- Learn more about how Earth’s crust unzipped beneath the Atlantic Ocean, creating a giant underwater canyon. www.discovermagazine.com/the-atlantic...
- Learn how fossils from Colorado’s Morrison Formation helped researchers reconstruct a Late Jurassic food web and uncover the role of young sauropods. www.discovermagazine.com/jurassic-pre...
- Learn more about how and why we form social media habits and some ways you can break your own social media habits. www.discovermagazine.com/social-media...
- Learn more about the landslide that’s left some homes teetering on the edge of a cliff. www.discovermagazine.com/landslide-ca...
- Learn how polar bears in the Arctic’s Barents Sea are maintaining healthy fat reserves despite sea ice loss in a warming climate. www.discovermagazine.com/adult-polar-...
- Openly sold in and widely eaten in Asia, Lanmaoa asiatica can cause bizarre, highly specific hallucinations, challenging what we know about fungal toxins. www.discovermagazine.com/this-popular...
- Learn how physicists recreated the early universe’s primordial soup, known as quark-gluon plasma, and discovered how it responds when particles race through it. www.discovermagazine.com/physicists-f...
- Learn more about what causes acne in humans and how it can sometimes impact animals, too. www.discovermagazine.com/why-do-human...
- Learn about the bright streaks that may represent recent geological activity on Mercury, which has been considered a dead planet in the past. www.discovermagazine.com/bright-strea...
- Learn how doctors are developing a new platform that uses bacteria and protein design to speed early vaccine testing and production. www.discovermagazine.com/a-new-vaccin...
- Learn how geological clues preserved in ancient oceans link repeated volcanic eruptions to Triassic marine extinctions. www.discovermagazine.com/hidden-under...
- Learn about the cult district of Nida, an ancient cult site uncovered under Frankfurt that archaeologists are calling one of the most significant Roman discoveries in Europe. www.discovermagazine.com/animal-offer...
- Learn more about how human voices, whether happy or angry, can impact a dog's balance. www.discovermagazine.com/listening-to...
- Learn more about the complicated ways cats communicate and how new research is trying to understand the power behind the meow. www.discovermagazine.com/cats-rarely-...
- Learn how archaeologists dated stone tools from central China and what they reveal about when early humans in Asia began using complex tools. www.discovermagazine.com/160-000-year...
- For people who aren’t interested in total abstinence, cannabis-infused beverages may offer a way to reduce alcohol use while keeping familiar rituals intact. www.discovermagazine.com/cannabis-dri...
- Learn more about Inspector Clouseau, the only pink manta ray in the world, and what turned him pink. www.discovermagazine.com/what-gave-th...
- Learn how artificial intelligence is helping reinterpret dinosaur footprints, including bird-like tracks that blur the line between dinosaurs and early birds. www.discovermagazine.com/how-ai-is-so...
- Learn how the demand for data centers has skyrocketed, and so has the industry’s need for energy and water. www.discovermagazine.com/ai-data-cent...
- Learn about the new map that shows how dark matter bends light emitted by galaxies and keeps a tight hold on normal matter in the universe. www.discovermagazine.com/hidden-clues...
- Learn more about the vast metallic cloud that dimmed a sun-like star, puzzling astronomers. www.discovermagazine.com/mysterious-m...
- As cougar and wolf populations recover, clashes between these top predators are inevitable with cougars finding ways to coexist. www.discovermagazine.com/cougars-are-...
- Learn more about Point Nemo, a remote area in the Pacific where the ISS will be sent in 2030 or 2031. www.discovermagazine.com/point-nemo-a...
- Learn more about the past eruptions at Yellowstone National Park and how each new eruption displaced evidence of the past. www.discovermagazine.com/tracking-pas...
- Learn more about the DNA and RNA that sperm carry and how they may suddenly change during midlife. www.discovermagazine.com/sperm-may-hi...
- Learn how trained dogs smell subtle chemical signals linked to cancer in blood samples. www.discovermagazine.com/dogs-can-sme...
- Learn more about the climate events that may have led to food shortages and the collapse of the Tang Dynasty. www.discovermagazine.com/climate-chan...
- A lone elephant has killed over 20 people in India, revealing the tragic consequences of habitat loss and human expansion. www.discovermagazine.com/a-deadly-ele...
- Learn more about GLP-1 pills and how they may be more convenient and cost-effective than the injections. www.discovermagazine.com/glp-1-pills-...
- Learn how heartworm disease became widespread in dogs, reflecting an evolutionary history that spans back to ancient times. www.discovermagazine.com/spaghetti-sh...
- Learn how long-term mate switching helps a small beluga whale population maintain genetic diversity. www.discovermagazine.com/both-female-...
- Learn how researchers tested a cow’s behavior and what her tool use reveals about animal intelligence. www.discovermagazine.com/this-cow-s-m...
- Learn how the shingles vaccine puts the brakes on aging by helping the immune system fight chronic inflammation. www.discovermagazine.com/shingles-vac...
- Learn more about the difference between sugar in liquid and solid form and why skipping sweets altogether isn’t the solution either. www.discovermagazine.com/sweet-treats...
- Learn about a new UN report that suggests we are now in an era of global water bankruptcy that cannot be reversed. www.discovermagazine.com/the-world-is...
- Learn about J1007+3540, a black hole that has recently come back to life and is described as a “cosmic volcano.” www.discovermagazine.com/black-hole-r...
- Learn how mapping the Ring Nebula’s light revealed a massive iron bar hidden for decades. www.discovermagazine.com/a-hidden-iro...
- Learn how CT scans of fossil skulls were used to trace changes in brain regions and sensory priorities in ancient giant rats. www.discovermagazine.com/giant-rats-g...
- Learn more about the canine temporal lobe and how it helps your dog recognize your face. www.discovermagazine.com/your-dog-can...
- Meet the walking shark, a species of shark that can walk on land, survive low oxygen environments, and reproduce without wasting energy. www.discovermagazine.com/walking-shar...
- Learn how seven naturally preserved cheetahs discovered in northern Saudi Arabia reveal that the Arabian Peninsula once hosted multiple cheetah lineages, raising new possibilities for reintroducing the endangered cats. www.discovermagazine.com/ancient-mumm...
- Long known for communicating through scent and sound, learn how deer may also be using photoluminescence to advertise their presence and mating status. www.discovermagazine.com/deer-may-lea...
- Learn how fleeting red points seen in the early universe mark a brief growth phase of young black holes hidden inside dense gas. www.discovermagazine.com/the-universe...
- Learn about the most complete Homo habilis fossil ever found, and how this fossil is changing what we know about human evolution. www.discovermagazine.com/a-2-million-...
- Learn how growth rings preserved in fossilized leg bones helped reconstruct a far longer and more complex life history for T. rex. www.discovermagazine.com/tyrannosauru...
- Learn how growth patterns in tooth enamel and residues trapped in dental plaque were used to reconstruct childhood development and adult diets in an Iron Age Italian community. www.discovermagazine.com/2-500-year-o...
- In space, bacteriophages mutate in ways not seen on Earth, making them more effective at killing drug-resistant bacteria. www.discovermagazine.com/bacteria-kil...
- Learn about the woolly rhino genome that was recovered from a wolf's stomach, providing insight on the extinct species' genetic health. www.discovermagazine.com/ancient-wolf...
- Learn how E. coli and other bacteria swim against the flow in our bodies to infect places like the urinary and gastrointestinal tracts. www.discovermagazine.com/bacteria-lik...
- Learn how a naturally occurring cat coronavirus is helping reveal how viral infections can linger inside the immune system. www.discovermagazine.com/what-cats-ar...
