http://discover.coverleaf.com/discovermagazine DISCOVER provides access to startling developments in science, technology and medicine with a renewed emphasis on how those breakthroughs affect the world. en-us Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT 720 28 http://discover.coverleaf.com/discovermagazine http://d-cdn.dashdigital.com/discovermagazine/include/icons/navbar_logo.gif?lm=1241231500000 http://discover.coverleaf.com/discovermagazine/201004 http://discover.coverleaf.com/discovermagazine/201004        Contents
    Who Wrote the Book of Physics?
    Back From the Future
    Impossible Particles
    Destination Science 2010
    DISCOVER Interviews: Judith Curry and Michael Mann
    The Organ Dealer
    Mail
    Contributors
    Editor's Note
    Data
    Five Questions for Pardis Sabeti
    Hot Science
    The Brain
    Vital Signs
    Field Notes
    20 Things You Didn't Know About Viruses

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    How to Travel Through Time
    The Picasso of DNA
    Who Are You Calling Bird Brain?
    Ice Fishing for Neutrinos
    Where the Wild Things Are
    DISCOVER Interview: Barry Marshall
    Contributors
    Mail
    Editor's Note
    Data
    Five Questions for Erez Lieberman-Aiden
    Destination Science
    Hot Science
    The Brain
    Vital Signs
    20 Things You Didn't Know About Light

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    SPECIAL REPORT: YEAR IN SCIENCE 2009
        Vaccine phobia becomes a public-health threat
        NASA braces for course correction
        Meet your new ancestor
        Stem cell science takes off
        Interview: astronomer Alan Dressler
        Swine flu outbreak sweeps the globe
        The graphene revolution
        Earth-like worlds come into view
        Experimental power plant takes the CO2 out
        Interview: economist George Loewenstein
        BIOLOGY
            Cut calories and extend your life
            The smell of fear
            Chimps plan ahead
        SPACE
            Water on the moon
            A space-junk collision
            Venus's secret past
        EVOLUTION
            The next stage in Darwin's revolution
            An ancient croc-eating supersnake
            The world's oldest octopuses
        ASTRONOMY
            Twin black holes
            Titan: cloudy with a chance of storms
            Jupiter takes a hit
        ENVIRONMENT
            Arctic scientist Mark Serreze
            Species relocation
        MEDICINE
            Hope for HIV vaccine
            Craig Venter's synthetic biology
            Cancer genes go to court
        ENERGY
            Smart grid powers up
            Building the sun in the lab
            Microbial batteriesMicrobial batteries
        MIND
            Brain shock therapy
            Decoding the Jefferson cipher
        ANTHROPOLOGY
            Ancient flutes
            Lake Huron hides Ancient civilization
        PHYSICS
            Black hole in a lab
        TECHNOLOGY
            Theory-generating computer
        EARTH
            Origins of oxygen
        OBITUARIES
        . . . and a complete index on page
    Mail
    Contributors
    Editor's Note
    Vital Signs
    The Brain
    20 Things You Didn't Know About Dwarf Planets

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    Living the Science Life
    Flu Wars
    Power Brokers
    Dawn of the Black Holes
    Phosphorus Fields
    DISCOVER Interview: Henry Markram
    Out of Eden
    Contributors
    Mail
    Data
    Destination Science
    Five Questions for Jose Gomez-Marquez
    The Brain
    Field Notes
    Vital Signs
    20 Things You Didn't Know About Digestion

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    The Super Cell
    DARWIN AT 200
        Deconstructing Darwin
        The Entangled Bank
        Brothers in Arms
        Three Faces of Eve
    Seeing the Forest for the Lichens
    Digital Exposure
    DISCOVER Interview: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
    Contributors
    Editor's Note
    Mail
    Data
    Hot Science
    Five Questions for Daniela Schiller
    Think Tech
    Vital Signs
    The Brain
    20 Things You Didn't Know About Computer Hacking

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    The DNA Cure
    Is This the Best Place to Find Life in the Solar System?
    Seven Deadly Sins
    DISCOVER Interview: Roger Penrose
    A Wing and a Prayer
    The Lazarus Effect
    Contributors
    Mail
    Data
    Five Questions for Reshma Shetty
    Hot Science
    Think Tech
    Field Notes
    The Brain
    Vital Signs
    20 Things You Didn't Know About Hurricanes

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    GREAT QUESTIONS OF SCIENCE
        WHAT LIES BEYOND THE EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE?
            Cosmic Collision
        WHERE HAVE ALL THE BEES GONE?
            Buzz Off
        HOW DOES PHYSICS REALLY WORK?
            Heart of the Matter
        WHAT CONTROLS THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE?
            RNA Revolution
        DID EVOLUTION SHAPE US TO BE GENEROUS?
            The Empathy Instinct
        CAN WE BUILD AN ARTIFICIAL BRAIN?
            Thinking Machine
        CAN SCIENCE CREATE A HISTORY OF EVERYTHING?
            DISCOVER Interview: Walter Alvarez
    Departments
        Contributors
        Editor's Note
        Mail
        Data
        Hot Science
        Five Questions for Nicolas Cowan
        Think Tech
        Vital Signs
        The Brain
        20 Things You Didn't Know About Sugar

]]> Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://discover.coverleaf.com/discovermagazine/200907 http://discover.coverleaf.com/discovermagazine/200907        Contents
    Inner Vision
    Out of the Past
    The Secret Life of Fossils
    Return of the Invisible Man
    Sounds of Science
    Fiction: Shadow Life
    Slime City
    Hidden Resources
    The Dead and the Buried
    Aliens of the Sea
    Interview: Erik Winfree
    Fiction: Open-Source Science
    Departments
        Mail & Contributors
        Data
        Five Questions for Frank Rühli
        Peter Bagge's History of Science
        Hot Science
        Think Tech
        The Brain
        Vital Signs
        20 Things You Didn't Know About Eclipses

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    Future of Energy
        Transmission
            Rising Power
        Storage
            Sunshine in a Bottle
        Generation
            Back to the Atom
    The Big Heat
    Vaccination Nation
    Stepping Stone to Mars
    Mail & Contributors
    Data
    Five Questions for Gregory Erickson
    Peter Bagge's History of Science
    Hot Science
    Think Tech
    Field Notes
    The Brain
    Vital Signs
    20 Things You Didn't Know About Movies

]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://discover.coverleaf.com/discovermagazine/200904 http://discover.coverleaf.com/discovermagazine/200904        Contents
    How to Make Anything Disappear
    The Star Diver
    Experimental Man
    How to Build a Dinosaur
    Smart Drugs
    Fog Forests
    DISCOVER Interview: Murray Gell-Mann
    Contributors
    Letters
    Data
    Five Questions for Emma Stokes
    Hot Science
    Peter Bagge's History of Science
    Think Tech
    Future Tech
    The Brain
    Vital Signs
    20 Things You Didn't Know About Money

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    SPACE 2009
        Frontiers of Astronomy
        Cosmic Abodes of Life
        The Biocentric Universe
    Funnel Vision
    Treasure of the Black Smokers
    Experimental Brain
    Mail & Contributors
    Data
    Five Questions for Jack Dorsey
    Hot Science
    Peter Bagge's History of Science
    Think Tech
    The Brain
    Vital Signs
    20 Things You Didn't Know About Tunnels

]]> Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://discover.coverleaf.com/discovermagazine/200903 http://discover.coverleaf.com/discovermagazine/200903        Contents
    150 YEARS OF EVOLUTION
        Introduction
        Ascent of Darwin
        DISCOVER Interview: Sean Carroll
        Galápagos Next
        Are We Still Evolving?
    The Great Cosmic Census
    Brain Trust
    Contributors
    Letters
    Data
    Five Questions for Maggie Turnbull
    Hot Science
    Peter Bagge's History of Science
    Think Tech
    Future Tech
    The Brain
    Field Notes
    Vital Signs
    Mind Games
    20 Things You Didn't Know About Time

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