RETHINKING EXTINCTION
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS ARE RESHAPING WHAT IT MEANS FOR A SPECIES TO BE LOST.

ALL THE BARCODES IN THE WORLD
Evolutionary biologist Paul Hebert aims to identify and catalog every animal species on Earth using DNA barcoding.

In Ausgabe 004/2026 von Discover

TIME SENSITIVE MATTERS
From origins to possible endings, and even time travel, scientists and philosophers probe whether time is real or just a perception trick.

Eternal Languages
A CONVERSATION WITH THE LINGUIST GAŠPER BEGUŠ, ABOUT ANCIENT TONGUES, THEIR INFLUENCE ON MODERN TECHNOLOGY, AND THE ENDURING VALUE OF SO-CALLED “DEAD LANGUAGES.”

In Ausgabe 012/2025 von Discover

FINDING OUR NEANDERTHAL SIDE
ALTHOUGH NEANDERTHALS HAVE BEEN GONE FROM THIS WORLD FOR ABOUT 40,000 YEARS NOW, A LITTLE PIECE OF THEM HAS SURVIVED ALL THIS TIME — AND WE’RE LIVING TESTAMENTS TO THIS.

SHEDDING LIGHT ON Luminescence
RESEARCH INTO THE ORIGINS OF BIOLUMINESCENCE SUGGESTS THAT THE ADAPTATION IS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE, HAVING EVOLVED AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND IN DIFFERENT WAYS THROUGHOUT EARTH’S HISTORY.

In Ausgabe 010/2025 von Discover

In Ausgabe 008/2025 von Discover