In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Discover

• A LONG-LOST SNOUT
  THE FIRST GENETIC SEQUENCING OF THE PYGMY SEAHORSE’S GENOME HAS REVEALED HOW THE SPECIES SHORTENED ITS SNOUT.
• A MAMMOTH ACHIEVEMENT
  ANCIENT BACTERIAL DNA OFFERS RARE INSIGHTS INTO HOW MEGAFAUNAL MICROBES EVOLVED ALONGSIDE THEIR HOSTS.
• STALLING THE SMASH
  AN ANALYSIS CHALLENGES THE ESTABLISHED TIME ESTIMATE OF OUR GALAXY’S END, HINTING THAT THE ANDROMEDA-MILKY WAY COLLISION COULD HAPPEN A LOT LATER THAN EXPECTED.
• THE STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE
  WHY ARE SOME WORDS MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN OTHERS? NEW RESEARCH REVEALS HOW WORDS SECURE THEIR SPOT IN THE VOCABULARY OF THE FUTURE.
• VIKING ROUTES AND REST STOPS
  LEARN HOW VIKINGS TRAVELED THE SEAS — AND HOW ONE RESEARCHER REVEALED WHERE THEY MAY HAVE STOPPED TO REST ON THEIR VOYAGES.
• ALL IN YOUR BREATH
  SUBTLE DIFFERENCES IN YOUR UNIQUE BREATHING PATTERN, OR “BREATH PRINT,” MAY OFFER INTRIGUING INSIGHTS INTO YOUR MOOD, HEALTH, AND BEHAVIOR.
• Science-Minded Travel Remembering Tulum
  NOW PART OF A TOURIST PARADISE, TULUM REMAINS A SYMBOL OF A ONCE VIBRANT AND POWERFUL CIVILIZATION THAT FACED A CHANGING CLIMATE.
• Trading One Problem for Another
  DESPITE RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR REFLUX AND A HERNIA, HER STOMACH ISSUES CONTINUED TO WORSEN.
• 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.
• Playing with the Past
  THOUGH MANY ANIMALS HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM THIS WORLD, THEIR STORIES LIVE ON IN PLAYFUL MUSEUM EXHIBITS THAT LEAVE VISITORS WITH A NECESSARY LESSON FOR THE FUTURE.
• Rooted in Tradition
  UP AGAINST RAMPANT URBANIZATION AND POLLUTION, FARMERS IN MEXICO CITY’S WETLANDS ARE TURNING THE TIDES WITH CHINAMPAS, FLOATING FARMS THAT HAVE BEEN USED FOR CENTURIES.
• Out of Space?
  INCREASINGLY CROWDED ORBITS FULL OF SATELLITES AND DEBRIS POSE POTENTIAL HAZARDS FOR EARTH. OUTER SPACE COULD USE A SET OF TRAFFIC LAWS — AND A MANDATE TO ENFORCE THEM.
• Pseudoscience on the Ice
  DID ANCIENT HUMANS EVER OCCUPY ANTARCTICA? IT’S TIME TO POUR A BUCKET OF COLD WATER ON THE THEORIES AND MYTHS ABOUT PREHISTORIC CIVILIZATIONS LIVING ON (OR BENEATH) THE ICE.
• Coffee With My Younger Self
  CAN FLEETING SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS ACTUALLY BENEFIT OUR MENTAL HEALTH? GRAB A COFFEE AND LEARN WHAT EXPERTS APPRECIATE AND CAUTION AGAINST WHEN IT COMES TO VIRAL PSYCHOLOGY HACKS.
• THE LAND OF METEORITES
  DISCOVER MAY 1997