In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Discover

• THE LATEST NEWS AND NOTES
  SAVING SCAVENGERS HELPS HUMANS, TOO • MAPPING A CANCER CELL MEDIEVAL DISABILITIES • MICROBES IN SPACE • THE SURPRISING ORIGINS OF TOOTH SENSITIVITY WHEN THE SUN SENT ITS WORST • FROGGY FAILURES • A BETTER BRAIN WITH MEDITATION
• The Loss of Apex Scavengers Is A Public Health Problem
  DIMINISHING POPULATIONS OF VULTURES, HYENAS, AND OTHER LARGE SCAVENGERS COULD CAUSE AN UPTICK IN ZOONOTIC DISEASES.
• CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE CELL MAP
  MAPPING A HUMAN CELL HAS PROVIDED AN UNPRECEDENTED LOOK INTO THE MUTATIONS THAT CAUSE CANCER.
• LIVING WITH A DISABILITY IN THE MIDDLE AGES
  A SWEDISH SKELETON HAS HELPED RESEARCHERS REVEAL THE LIFE OF A MEDIEVAL DISABLED MAN.
• IS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TOO CLEAN?
  THE EXCESSIVE STERILITY OF SPACE ENVIRONMENTS COULD POSE A PROBLEM FOR ASTRONAUTS, WHOSE HEALTH MAY BE BOLSTERED BY A HEARTY DOSE OF MICROBES.
• THE FISHY SOURCE OF SENSITIVE TEETH
  THE SAME SUBSTANCE IS FOUND IN THE TEETH OF MODERN HUMANS AND THE ARMOR OF ANCIENT FISH, SUGGESTING A SHARED EVOLUTION.
• WEATHERING THE WORST SOLAR STORM
  THE STRONGEST SOLAR PARTICLE EVENT TO EVER STRIKE EARTH OCCURRED AROUND 14,300 YEARS AGO, AND CONVEYS A CLEAR WARNING ABOUT THE CHAOS OUR SUN CAN CAUSE.
• MATING MISTAKES
  MALE FROGS OFTEN MISTAKE OTHER SPECIES, OBJECTS, AND EVEN LIFELESS FROGS FOR MATES, A MIX-UP KNOWN AS MISDIRECTED AMPLEXUS.
• The Brain on Meditation
  FROM REDUCING ANXIETY TO POSSIBLY SLOWING DEMENTIA, LEARN MORE ABOUT MEDITATION’S BENEFITS FOR THE BRAIN.
• Could It Be ADHD or … Narcolepsy?
  DOCTORS AND EDUCATORS WANTED TO PIN THIS YOUNG GIRL’S ATTENTION ISSUES ON A COMMON NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER. THE ANSWER RESIDED IN HER DESIRE FOR SLEEP.
• TIME SENSITIVE MATTERS
  PERCEPTIONS, THEORIES, AND REALITIES ABOUT THE NATURE OF TIME
• Eternal Languages
  A CONVERSATION WITH THE LINGUIST GAŠPER BEGUŠ, ABOUT ANCIENT TONGUES, THEIR INFLUENCE ON MODERN TECHNOLOGY, AND THE ENDURING VALUE OF SO-CALLED “DEAD LANGUAGES.”
• Huh?! HEARING CONNECTIONS
  NOISE THREATENS OUR SENSE OF SOUND. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL; IT ALSO THREATENS OUR SENSE OF OUR SURROUNDINGS, AND OUR TIES TO THE PEOPLE AND WORLD AROUND US.
• Left in the Dust
  ANCIENT ARTWORKS HAVE ADORNED CHILE’S ATACAMA DESERT FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, BUT THE STORIES THEY TELL ARE BEING ERASED, ALL WHILE ARCHAEOLOGISTS IMPLORE AUTHORITIES TO TAKE ACTION.
• Confidence Without Competence
  PEOPLE CAN OVERESTIMATE THEIR ABILITIES, SOMETHING KNOWN AS THE DUNNING-KRUGER EFFECT, AND ACCORDING TO RESEARCHERS, WE ALL EXPERIENCE IT.