In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Discover

• THE LATEST NEWS AND NOTES
  CONSERVATION DOGS • RECONSTRUCTING A DINO’S APPEARANCE • IS SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION SLOWING DOWN? • WEIGHING THE RISKS OF VR
• THE LATEST NEWS AND NOTES
  GERMAN BOARS: HOG WILD AND RADIOACTIVE THE MICROPLASTICS INSIDE US HOW THE DINOS SNOOZED THE SCIENCE OF A GOOD SPIN HAWKING’S INVITATION TO TIME TRAVELERS WHY FEAR IS FUN
• Why Are Wild Pigs in Germany So Radioactive?
  FOR YEARS, RESEARCHERS DIDN’T KNOW WHY BAVARIAN FERAL PIGS CONTAINED SERIOUS LEVELS OF RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES. NOW, SCIENTISTS FINALLY UNDERSTAND THE MYSTERY OF THE “WILD BOAR PARADOX.”
• Detection Dogs Help Conservationists Sniff Out Data
  TRACKING ENDANGERED SPECIES, NOSING OUT INVASIVES, AND HUNTING DOWN ANIMAL SCAT ARE JUST A FEW WAYS THAT WORKING DOGS ARE REVOLUTIONIZING ECO-RESEARCH.
• ARE MICROPLASTICS HARMING OUR HEALTH?
  THE AVERAGE HUMAN REGULARLY INHALES MICROPLASTICS INTO THEIR AIRWAYS AND LUNGS. NEW RESEARCH IS LOOKING INTO THE IMPACT THIS HAS ON OUR BODIES.
• BRINGING DINOSAURS TO LIFE
  IS THERE A RECIPE FOR RE-CREATING A DINOSAUR’S APPEARANCE? EXPERTS REVEAL HOW THEY KNOW WHAT THESE PREHISTORIC BEASTS REALLY LOOKED LIKE.
• LET SLEEPING DINOS LIE
  FOSSIL EVIDENCE POINTS SCIENTISTS TOWARD DIFFERENT THEORIES ABOUT HOW THESE PREHISTORIC CREATURES LIKELY SNOOZED.
• Dropping Disruption
  A NEW HISTORICAL ANALYSIS REVEALS THAT PUBLISHED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH HAS BEEN GETTING LESS AND LESS DISRUPTIVE OVER TIME.
• A Virtual Headache
  VIRTUAL REALITY IS POISED TO TRANSFORM THE WORKPLACE, BUT STRAPPING INTO A HEADSET MAY COME WITH CONSEQUENCES FOR YOUR HEALTH.
• HUMANS LOVE SPINNING, AND RESEARCHERS WANT TO KNOW WHY
  ONE THEORY IS THAT THE DESIRE FOR DIZZINESS ORIGINATED IN A COMMON APE ANCESTOR.
• Overloaded
  ALREADY IN TREATMENT FOR CANCER, A 74-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FACES ANOTHER HARROWING MEDICAL OBSTACLE WHEN HER KIDNEYS START TO FAIL.
• STEPHEN HAWKING ONCE THREW A PARTY FOR TIME TRAVELERS
  IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND STEPHEN HAWKING’S INFAMOUS COCKTAIL PARTY, YOU’D BETTER FIGURE OUT HOW TIME TRAVEL WORKS FOR A JOURNEY BACK TO 2009.
• Changing Tides
  THROUGHOUT HISTORY, THE CURRENTS IN THE FJORD BETWEEN TWO OF THE FAROE ISLANDS MADE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS. RESEARCHERS HOPE TO HARNESS THAT TIDAL ENERGY TO POWER THE ISLAND NATION.
• The Science of Recreational Fear
  WHETHER IT’S A HAUNTED HOUSE OR A HORROR FLICK, SOME OF US CAN’T RESIST A GOOD SCARE. EMERGING RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT RECREATIONAL FEAR MAY ALSO BENEFIT OUR MENTAL HEALTH.
• Sleeping Beauty
  OTHERWISE COMPLETELY HEALTHY, THIS 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL ARRIVED IN THE PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SOUND ASLEEP — AND NOTHING WOULD WAKE HER.
• THE WELL-BEING BOOM
  THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF HAPPINESS HAS NEVER BEEN TRENDIER. BUT WHAT DOES RESEARCH REALLY REVEAL ABOUT HOW TO STEER OUR MINDS TOWARD CONTENTMENT?
• BURIED TREASURE
  HOW LONG DO SEEDS RETAIN THEIR ABILITY TO SPROUT? ONE OF THE WORLD’S LONGEST-RUNNING EXPERIMENTS EXAMINES THE MYSTERY.
• EVERYTHING WORTH KNOWING ABOUT NEANDERTHALS
  A BRUTAL RELATIVE OF OURS, OR UNDERRATED GENIUS OF PREHISTORIC TIMES? Recent (and sometimes controversial) research sheds new light.
• FEEL-GOOD CHEMISTRY
  THESE FOUR BRAIN CHEMICALS ALL MAKE YOU HAPPY IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
• PROTECTING OUR MENTAL HEALTH WITH A.I.
  WHEN DEPLOYED IN THE RIGHT WAY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SAFEGUARD OUR WELL-BEING, NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
• 3 QUICK TIPS
  FOR STAYING HAPPIER ONLINE
• FOR SOME, TECH IS A LIFELINE
  FOR CERTAIN POPULATIONS, STAYING ONLINE AND EMBRACING EMERGING TECH CAN BRING MORE THAN JUST HAPPINESS.
• POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 101
  SCHOOL IS IN SESSION. HERE’S HOW TO CULTIVATE SKILLS FOR A HAPPIER LIFE.
• MUSEUMS, REIMAGINED
  Natural history museums are like time machines, putting us up close with the distant past. But as technology encroaches and pointed questions arise, what does their future look like?
• OUR MOON ON EARTH
  There’s no place on our planet that’s quite like the lunar surface. But a trip to NASA’s Lunar Sample Lab in Houston can certainly feel like a journey to another world.
• BANG FOR YOUR BUCK
  MONEY CAN’T BUY HAPPINESS — BUT SPENDING IT THOUGHTFULLY CAN ENHANCE YOUR WELL-BEING IN UNEXPECTED WAYS.
• HAPPINESS IS OTHER PEOPLE
  A WEALTH OF RESEARCH SHOWS THAT HAPPINESS ISN’T SOMETHING WE CAN ATTAIN BY OURSELVES.
• Idle Imaginations
  THE MIND IS A POWERFUL TOOL THAT ALLOWS US TO IMAGINE AND CREATE. BUT EVEN IN OUR MOST VIVID DAYDREAMS, WE OMIT VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS AS ESSENTIAL AS COLOR AND SIZE.
• Beyond Stonehenge
  THE U.K. IS FULL OF LESSER-KNOWN PREHISTORIC STONE CIRCLES AND OTHER MONUMENTS. WHO BUILT THEM AND WHY?
• A History of SOLAR ECLIPSES
  ECLIPSES HAVE HELD SWAY OVER HUMANITY SINCE LONG BEFORE WE KNEW WHAT THESE EVENTS TRULY WERE.
• Ancient Offerings
  BRONZES UNEARTHED IN TUSCANY HAVE BEEN CALLED THE “FIND OF THE CENTURY.” THEY REVEAL A CULTURAL CROSSROADS WHERE THE AILING SET ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES TO WORSHIP AND HEAL.
• Stories in the Stone
  NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK PRESERVES A HOST OF UNIQUE GEOLOGICAL FEATURES WHILE PROMOTING AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE FOR VISITORS.
• Road Trip to the Red Planet
  A TOURIST JAUNT TO MARS WOULDN’T EXACTLY BE A RELAXING VACATION, FOR MORE THAN A FEW REASONS.