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Discover Magazine will amaze you, enlighten you, and open your eyes to the awe and wonder of science and technology. Discover reveals secrets, solves mysteries, and debunks old myths. Discover shares new findings and shows you what makes our universe tick.

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THE CRUX • THE LATEST SCIENCE NEWS AND NOTES

Cloudy With a Chance of Lava • New technology could help experts predict volcanic eruptions.

Crepuscular

TransYouth Movement • A psychologist studies kids who have transitioned between genders.

TRENDING

It’s Not Over Yet • Are advanced Parkinson’s and dementia attacking this older patient, or is it something else?

INTENTIONAL TRAVEL FOR THE Curious

Sex on the Beach • Scientists decode the black widow spider’s language of love.

EVERYTHING WORTH KNOWING • Who doesn’t like to go to a dinner party and be just a wee bit of a smarty-pants about how the world works? This annual special section will get your brain in gear, neurons engaged and curiosity piqued. About everything.

The Sun • When it comes to our local star, science is just warming up.

Body Language • Strike a pose.

Periodic Table • Serving up the elements.

Viruses • The good, the bad and the ugly about these tiny tricksters.

Plate Tectonics • Our planet’s big, slow square dance.

Monkeys • Getting into their business.

Pulsars • Lighthouses of the cosmos.

Flight • Prepare for takeoff.

The Dark Web • What you can do in the shadows.

Stress • Under pressure, pushing down on me, pushing down on you.

Chronostratigraphy • Let’s get deep about time.

The Moon • Utter lunacy.

Steam Power • Hot stuff coming through!

FAST FACTS

ADHD • When the brain gets in the way.

Hurricanes • The eyes have it.

Absolute Zero • How low you can go.

The New $1 Cream for All Your Neuropathy Discomfort • A cream, not a pill, may be the most effective solution yet for neuropathy sufferers; increases sensation in the legs and feet, relieving burning, tingling, and numbness

OUT THERE • POWERED BY ASTRONOMY MAGAZINE

How to build ALIENS in the lab • To find life on Earth, follow the water. But what about on other planets?

WATER AND LIFE

COMPLEX CHEMISTRY ON TITAN

Minting a Celestial Memory • Coins made as far back as 400 B.C. may honor solar eclipses. The tradition continued for two millennia.

Save the Microbes! • Researchers scramble to preserve diverse bacteria from human microbiomes before it’s too late.

Practice Makes Picture Perfect • Repeat photography allows scientists to study truly long-term ecological changes.

Algae