In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Discover

• BIRDS-OF-BIOFLUORESCENCE
  RESEARCHERS SAY THAT THE FLASHIEST BIRDS ARE ALSO THE BRIGHTEST, EMITTING LIGHT FROM THEIR SKIN AND FEATHERS TO ENHANCE THEIR MATING DISPLAYS.
• America’s Wonderland
  YELLOWSTONE IS THE ONLY PARK IN AMERICA WHERE YOU CAN WATCH BISON ROAM, HEAR GEYSERS ERUPT, AND WALK ALONG ANCIENT ROCKS ALL IN ONE WEEKEND. IT’S ALSO THE PERFECT PLACE TO SEE SCIENCE UP CLOSE.
• Confusion Reigns
  AFTER COLLAPSING AT WORK, A BUSINESSMAN WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL, SPOUTING GIBBERISH. ALL SIGNS POINTED TO A STROKE — EXCEPT ONE.
• A Forecasting First
  A JESUIT PRIEST IN HAVANA, CUBA, MADE WHAT WAS LIKELY THE WORLD’S FIRST PUBLICLY ISSUED HURRICANE FORECAST AROUND 150 YEARS AGO, LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR FUTURE STORM TRACKING.
• THE EVOUTION OF EVOLUTION
  EVOLUTIONARY THEORY WASN’T ESTABLISHED ALL AT ONCE. INSTEAD, IT TOOK DECADES TO DEVELOP AND CONTINUES TO EVOLVE TO THIS DAY.
• What the Nose Knows
  New research reveals the importance of olfaction to human health, and offers hope for those with dysfunctional sniffers.
• BRAINLESS
  Lifeforms without brains are giving humanity a lesson in what it means to learn.
• On the Defensive
  IN 1994, THE WORLD WATCHED AS A BARRAGE OF COMET FRAGMENTS CRASHED INTO JUPITER. SINCE THEN, EFFORTS TO PROTECT EARTH FROM COSMIC IMPACTS HAVE GAINED TREMENDOUS MOMENTUM.
• No Escape
  NOTHING IN SPACE HAS AN APPETITE QUITE LIKE A BLACK HOLE, BUT HERE ON EARTH, SCIENTISTS ARE JUST AS HUNGRY TO BRING THESE INVISIBLE OBJECTS TO LIGHT.
• World Pain
  WHY CONCERN FOR THE STATE OF THE WORLD CAN MAKE US SAD — AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.