The Unsung Heroes of Science
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
Some scientists never got the praise they deserved. Here's to the ones history passed over. ...read more
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
Designing a Moral Machine
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
Artificial intelligence is learning right from wrong by studying human stories and moral principles. ...read more
The Heroes of Science
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
Here's to the household names and forgotten figures who accomplished incredible feats of knowledge — no capes required. ...read more
20 Things You Didn’t Know About … Earthquakes
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
Even though technology has helped measure strength and flag strike zones, earthquakes still have a few mysteries that rattle experts. ...read more
Octopuses Edit Their Genetic Code Like No Other Animal
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
New research into the cephalopod genome is undermining our assumptions about evolution, and the role that DNA mutations play in updating a species' physiology. Researchers from the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole and Tel Aviv University have been studying how cephalopods — squids, octopuses, cuttlefish and nautiluses — edit their genome, and found that instead of relying on DNA mutations to adapt, they have the ability to make changes to their RNA, the genetic "messe ...read more