In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Discover

• Facing Our Ancestors
  WITH SUBTLE ARTISTRY AND SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY, RECONSTRUCTION ARTISTS BRING BACK FACES FROM THE PAST.
• MOLECULES IN THE MIRROR
  SCIENTISTS WARN OF TAKING MIRROR MOLECULES TOO FAR. LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR BENEFITS AND RISKS.
• A NATURAL APPROACH TO PAIN RELIEF
  A NEW STUDY SHOWS THAT NATURE CAN SOOTHE PAIN, REDUCING THE ACTIVITY IN PAIN-PERCEIVING REGIONS IN THE BRAIN.
• INSIDE OUT
  MEET KEURBOS SUSANAE, THE FOSSIL SPECIES WHOSE STUNNINGLY PRESERVED INSIDES HAVE LONG EVADED IDENTIFICATION.
• IF A WHALE COULD TALK
  A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF SCIENTISTS HOPES TO CRACK THE CODE OF SPERM WHALE CLICKS, POTENTIALLY ENABLING HUMANS TO UNDERSTAND THEM.
• So Very Young
  AN ER EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS THE RISK OF THIS CANCER IN YOUNGER ADULTS.
• EARTH TO EXTRATERRESTRIALS
  FOR BIOGEOCHEMIST LEWIS ALCOTT, THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE STARTS ON EARTH — WITH THE OXYGENATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE.
• FINDING OUR NEANDERTHAL SIDE
  ALTHOUGH NEANDERTHALS HAVE BEEN GONE FROM THIS WORLD FOR ABOUT 40,000 YEARS NOW, A LITTLE PIECE OF THEM HAS SURVIVED ALL THIS TIME — AND WE’RE LIVING TESTAMENTS TO THIS.
• SHEDDING LIGHT ON Luminescence
  RESEARCH INTO THE ORIGINS OF BIOLUMINESCENCE SUGGESTS THAT THE ADAPTATION IS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE, HAVING EVOLVED AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND IN DIFFERENT WAYS THROUGHOUT EARTH’S HISTORY.
• Too Close for Comfort
  DESPITE NUMEROUS WARNINGS, PEOPLE STILL APPROACH WILDLIFE IN NATIONAL PARKS, PUTTING THEMSELVES AND THE ANIMALS AT RISK — AND PROMPTING RESEARCHERS TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER WE’RE LOSING OUR SENSE OF SELF-PRESERVATION.