Swine flu has returned, just as predicted, and is getting the better of us—46 states have reported cases of the flu already. And even if you want to take precautions by getting vaccinated, there aren’t enough vaccines to go around. In any case, when ...
This Halloween, two Michigan dentists, Shawn Morris and Daniel Simmons, are encouraging kids to turn in their candy for cash. The mission is called Operation Gratitude—children will receive $1 per pound of sweets, so the dentists can collect a large ...
China has an incredibly high suicide rate —44 percent of the world’s suicides occur there. In 2007, China Daily reported that more suicides were happening in rural areas than urban ones, which is the opposite of the trend in other countries. Now, ...
These days, professors are well acquainted with the threat of plagiarism from their students. But teachers quickly learned to enlist computer programs to help them catch cheaters. And now, a University of London literature professor, Sir Brian Vickers, ...
Astronomers may have underestimated the extent to which interstellar dust obstructs our view of other galaxies. New research suggests that dust blocks half of all the starlight in the universe from reaching Earth, meaning there is a lot more light and ...
I’m at risk of developing: sausagelike swelling, ?morning stiffness, inability to identify people’s faces, fat rolls on my stomach, and bloody stools. This story is as intimate as I will get with you. In it, I unzip my genes and give you a ...
The 360° World Atlas DVD lets anyone with a computer become a virtual hitchhiker, no packing or neck-craning required. Creator Everen Brown does all the hard work for you. He jets around the globe, lugging a 40-pound bag full of 600 rolls of film past ...
A contest to show DISCOVER—and the rest of the humans—how to help Mother Earth.04.01.2008 Want a lighter bike? Poke holes in it—the more the better. 03.06.2008 Preventing disaster in an unruly world. 03.03.2008 Smart appliances react to the grid to ...
Even the creator of the holistic Gaia hypothesis has come around.04.25.2008 That one little magazine is responsible for 2.1 pounds of carbon dioxide.04.21.2008 Growing corn for ethanol may increase greenhouse gases for over a century.04.03.2008 The U.S. ...
Scuba dive down to your hotel’s lobby; spend a luxurious night in a palace made of ice; have the concierge find you an astronomer for an evening of stargazing. All are part of the expanding universe of science and exploration travel. Restaurants and ...
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