The Year’s Top Images of Earth From Space
From explosive volcanic eruptions to rampaging wildfires and catastrophic floods, satellites, as well as astronauts aboard the International Space Station, captured all the action ...read more
Category: Discover Magazine
The Mars Insight Rover Is Finishing Its First Full Year on the Red Planet
#24 in our top science stories of 2019. ...read more
Scientists Catch a Quantum Jump as It Happens
#25 in our top science stories of 2019. ...read more
These Otters May Smell Prey as They Swim
Most mammals can’t smell underwater, but Eurasian otters may have a way of sniffing out prey even while swimming. ...read more
A New Kind of Dementia Strikes the ‘Oldest Old’
#26 in our top science stories of 2019. ...read more
The Physics of Christmas: Wormholes and Other Tricks Santa Might Use to Get His Job Done
What if Santa was a brilliant physicist? ...read more
How to Tell If Your Body Is In Ketosis
It can be harder to enter ketosis than you might think, but there are telltale signs your keto diet is working. ...read more
The Year That Measles Returned
#27 in our top science stories of 2019. ...read more
How a Mathematician Solved a Problem That Puzzled Computer Scientists for 30 Years
#28 in our top science stories of 2019. ...read more
Meet Angus: A Robotic Field Hand for the Autonomous Farming Revolution
The farm robot is part of Iron Ox’s aim to build hyper-efficient farms in the urban centers where most food is consumed. ...read more