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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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Plant ‘Vaccines’ Could Save Us From a World Without Fruit • RESEARCHERS ARE FORMULATING UNCONVENTIONAL SOLUTIONS FOR TREE DISEASES THAT IMPACT BELOVED FOODS LIKE ORANGES AND CHOCOLATE. THESE INCLUDE A POTENTIAL RNA THERAPY SIMILAR TO COVID-19 VACCINES.

Crows — They’re Just Like Us! • LARGE BRAINS, LONG LIFE SPANS AND ELABORATE PROBLEM-SOLVING IN CROWS MAKES THEM SURPRISINGLY SIMILAR TO HUMANS.

THE SCIENCE OF MIGRAINES • WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE LATEST RESEARCH ON THE CAUSES AND TREATMENTS FOR MIGRAINE HEADACHES.

Building an Astronaut’s Diet • FOR HEALTHY AND HAPPY SPACE TRAVELERS, FOOD SCIENTISTS MUST MAKE MEALS COMPACT, NUTRITIOUS AND LONG-LASTING.

Science Was Alive and Well in the Dark Ages • MEDIEVAL TIMES WERE NOT AS SCIENTIFICALLY STUNTED AS WE THINK. HISTORIAN SEB FALK EXPLAINS HOW THOSE MYTHS AROSE — AND WHAT SCIENTISTS BACK THEN LOOKED LIKE.

Heart Ache • AFTER SURGERY FOR A FAULTY HEART VALVE, THIS 16-YEAR-OLD KEPT GETTING BACTERIAL INFECTIONS. BUT DURING HER LATEST STINT IN THE HOSPITAL, NEW AND FRIGHTENING SYMPTOMS STARTED TO EMERGE.

Frontline Fatigue • MILITARY NURSES IN WWII EXPERIENCED PTSD THAT WAS LEFT UNTREATED — AND OFTEN DENIED ALTOGETHER — DRIVING MANY FROM THE PROFESSION. CAN WE DO BETTER FOR TODAY’S NURSES?

KNOW YUOR BREATH • FOR MOST OF US, RESPIRATION IS AN AUTOMATIC, SUBCONSCIOUS FUNCTION. BUT A NEW WAVE OF BREATH RESEARCH COULD CHANGE YOUR MIND — AND YOUR BODY.

WHAT I LEARNED IN 6 MONTHS OF DAILY BREATH WORK

NOT SET IN STONE • SCIENTISTS ONCE THOUGHT THAT PERSONALITY DOESN’T CHANGE MUCH ONCE YOU REACH YOUR 30s. BUT AN INFLUX OF NEW RESEARCH POINTS TO THE VARIOUS WAYS IT CAN EVOLVE OVER TIME.

FEELIN’ GROOVY

FEATURED EXPERTS

SWEET (PANDEMIC) DREAMS • WE CAN’T ESCAPE COVID-19, EVEN IN OUR SLEEP. PSYCHOLOGIST DEIRDRE BARRETT IS TRACKING OUR DREAMS ABOUT THIS NEW, EVER-CHANGING REALITY.

HOW TO SOLVE PROBLEMS IN YOUR SLEEP

DEATH DEFYING • AN ESTIMATED 9 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U.S. ALONE HAVE HAD A TRANSFORMATIVE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE. SCIENTISTS ARE GRAPPLING WITH WHAT’S HAPPENING INSIDE THEIR HEADS

DYING, FROM THE PATIENT’S PERSPECTIVE

Can Life Exist on a Rogue Planet? • WITH THE RIGHT CONDITIONS AND A BIT OF LUCK, SOME OF THE MOST INHOSPITABLE WORLDS IN THE UNIVERSE COULD STILL BE HABITABLE.

SUSPENDED BELIEF