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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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THE CRUX • THE LATEST SCIENCE NEWS AND NOTES

The Web, Worldwide • Half of humans still lack dedicated internet access.

Focusing on the Small • Zoom in on four decades of microscopy advances.

A Mindset for Mars • Space agencies are still figuring out the best personalities for a trek to the Red Planet.

The Life & Death of Social Media

Notable Moments in Tech Media History

BABY, YOU’RE A STAR

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Pain, Motion, Repeat • Chest-tightening, world-spinning attacks leave a 25-year-old grasping for answers.

Knock on Wood • Why we latch on to superstitious behaviors, and how to give them up.

Your Daily Dose of QUANTUM • How the science of the super small lets you smell, see, touch and more.

THE FARMER AND THE FORAGER • Eight thousand years ago, early agriculturalists moved into the lands of hunter-gatherers in Europe. What happened next changed history.

BABY, CAN YOU DRIVE MY CAR • AUTOMAKERS ARE REVVING UP FOR A VERY NEAR FUTURE OF FULLY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES.

ALL IN THE FOLD • Biochemist David Baker changed the study of proteins — now he’s changing the proteins.

Proteins 101 • Each 6-foot-long strand of DNA packed into our cells has the information to create 20 different amino acids. These amino acids form chains and fold in a seemingly endless number of ways to create about 100,000 different proteins. Each protein has a specific purpose, most of them crucial to keeping our bodies functioning.

Know Your Enemy • A surge of research into ancient killers may help us outsmart them in the future.

A Sprite-ly Spacecraft • Scientists hope the world’s smallest satellites will boldly go where no probe has gone before.

Up Close With a Sprite • The latest version of the Sprite satellite is almost unbelievably small and cheap. It’s essentially a thin circuit board, similar to those found in mobile phones, with a variety of self-contained instruments.

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