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Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it. www.discovermagazine.com/is-there-a-b...
Is There a Benefit to Having Neanderthal DNA in the Human Genome?
Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Learn more about what how humans ended up having Neanderthal DNA in their genome and what it means if you have it. www.discovermagazine.com/is-there-a-b...
Doctors are seeing a once-rare vomiting syndrome almost daily. Learn how skyrocketing THC levels may be a key reason why. www.discovermagazine.com/the-strange-...
The Strange Rise of Scromiting — Most Common Among Young, Heavy Cannabis Users
Doctors are seeing a once-rare vomiting syndrome almost daily. Learn how skyrocketing THC levels may be a key reason why.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Doctors are seeing a once-rare vomiting syndrome almost daily. Learn how skyrocketing THC levels may be a key reason why. www.discovermagazine.com/the-strange-...
Learn how adult pond frogs survive repeated stings from the world’s largest hornets while swallowing the venomous insects whole without injury. www.discovermagazine.com/this-frog-s-...
This Frog’s Secret Power? Eating Venomous Murder Hornets Like Popcorn
Learn how adult pond frogs survive repeated stings from the world’s largest hornets while swallowing the venomous insects whole without injury.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Learn how adult pond frogs survive repeated stings from the world’s largest hornets while swallowing the venomous insects whole without injury. www.discovermagazine.com/this-frog-s-...
Learn how feta cheese production may come to a standstill thanks to a virus affecting Greek livestock. www.discovermagazine.com/global-feta-...
Global Feta Cheese Supply Threatened as Virus Kills Almost 500,000 Goats and Sheep in Greece
Learn how feta cheese production may come to a standstill thanks to a virus affecting Greek livestock.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Learn how feta cheese production may come to a standstill thanks to a virus affecting Greek livestock. www.discovermagazine.com/global-feta-...
Learn more about the crickets that will only eat microplastics if they fit in their mouths. And how they can introduce more nanoplastics into the environment. www.discovermagazine.com/crickets-tha...
Crickets That Munched on Microplastics Grew 25 Times in Body Size, and Spread Nanoplastics
Learn more about the crickets that will only eat microplastics if they fit in their mouths. And how they can introduce more nanoplastics into the environment.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Learn more about the crickets that will only eat microplastics if they fit in their mouths. And how they can introduce more nanoplastics into the environment. www.discovermagazine.com/crickets-tha...
Learn how a new aging method confirmed Nanotyrannus was a distinct species — not a young Tyrannosaurus rex. www.discovermagazine.com/tiny-throat-...
Tiny Throat Bone Confirms Nanotyrannus as Own Species — Adding Another Predator to the Late Cretaceous
Learn how a new aging method confirmed Nanotyrannus was a distinct species — not a young Tyrannosaurus rex.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Learn how a new aging method confirmed Nanotyrannus was a distinct species — not a young Tyrannosaurus rex. www.discovermagazine.com/tiny-throat-...
Learn how changes in dolphin vocal frequency and duration may reveal engagement during training, feeding, and play. www.discovermagazine.com/captive-dolp...
Captive Dolphins Are Most Vocal During Play and Feeding — and It’s Not Just for Socializing
Learn how changes in dolphin vocal frequency and duration may reveal engagement during training, feeding, and play.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Learn how changes in dolphin vocal frequency and duration may reveal engagement during training, feeding, and play. www.discovermagazine.com/captive-dolp...
Check out a record-breaking tracksite in Bolivia that can tell us if dinosaurs walked, ran, or swam and where they traveled. www.discovermagazine.com/16-000-fossi...
16,000 Fossilized Footprints Reveal South America's Forgotten Dinosaur Highway
Check out a record-breaking tracksite in Bolivia that can tell us if dinosaurs walked, ran, or swam and where they traveled.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Check out a record-breaking tracksite in Bolivia that can tell us if dinosaurs walked, ran, or swam and where they traveled. www.discovermagazine.com/16-000-fossi...
Learn about the icy eruptions that may be occurring on Comet 3I/ATLAS, giving it a carbon-rich coat of gas and dust. www.discovermagazine.com/icy-volcanic...
Icy Volcanic Action on Comet 3I/ATLAS Has Produced an Unusual Combo of Chemicals
Learn about the icy eruptions that may be occurring on Comet 3I/ATLAS, giving it a carbon-rich coat of gas and dust.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Learn about the icy eruptions that may be occurring on Comet 3I/ATLAS, giving it a carbon-rich coat of gas and dust. www.discovermagazine.com/icy-volcanic...
Learn how Neolithic communities transformed seashells into powerful signal horns built for long-distance communication. www.discovermagazine.com/6-000-years-...
6,000 Years Later, Neolithic Seashells Made into Trumpets Still Work
Learn how Neolithic communities transformed seashells into powerful signal horns built for long-distance communication.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Learn how Neolithic communities transformed seashells into powerful signal horns built for long-distance communication. www.discovermagazine.com/6-000-years-...
Learn more about two of the earliest reports of a total solar eclipse and corona, which were recorded in China, and solve several mysteries about our ancient Solar System. www.discovermagazine.com/2-700-year-o...
2,700-Year-Old Total Solar Eclipse Observations Give Insight to Our Ancient Solar System
Learn more about two of the earliest reports of a total solar eclipse and corona, which were recorded in China, and solve several mysteries about our ancient Solar System.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Learn more about two of the earliest reports of a total solar eclipse and corona, which were recorded in China, and solve several mysteries about our ancient Solar System. www.discovermagazine.com/2-700-year-o...
Learn about tannins, the plant molecule that dries out your mouth and provides a surprising number of health benefits. www.discovermagazine.com/why-your-mou...
Why Your Mouth Feels Dry After Wine or Tea, And How That’s Actually Good for You
Learn about tannins, the plant molecule that dries out your mouth and provides a surprising number of health benefits.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Learn about tannins, the plant molecule that dries out your mouth and provides a surprising number of health benefits. www.discovermagazine.com/why-your-mou...
Learn how Albert Einstein’s theory reveals that time on Mars runs faster than on Earth — and why that tiny shift matters for future space missions. www.discovermagazine.com/einstein-s-t...
Einstein's Theory Was Right — Mars Has Its Own Clock and It Runs Faster Than Earth’s
Learn how Albert Einstein’s theory reveals that time on Mars runs faster than on Earth — and why that tiny shift matters for future space missions.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Learn how Albert Einstein’s theory reveals that time on Mars runs faster than on Earth — and why that tiny shift matters for future space missions. www.discovermagazine.com/einstein-s-t...
Spot the stunning ‘Cold Moon,’ the third in the series of three sequential supermoons in 2025, which will appear alongside the stars on December 4, 2025. www.discovermagazine.com/catch-the-fi...
Catch the Final Supermoon of 2025 with December's Cold Moon
Spot the stunning ‘Cold Moon,’ the third in the series of three sequential supermoons in 2025, which will appear alongside the stars on December 4, 2025.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Spot the stunning ‘Cold Moon,’ the third in the series of three sequential supermoons in 2025, which will appear alongside the stars on December 4, 2025. www.discovermagazine.com/catch-the-fi...
A normal, seasonal maintenance task might be more dangerous than we thought, especially for those with a cardiovascular history and who live mostly sedentary lives. www.discovermagazine.com/physical-str...
Physical Strain When Shoveling Snow May Put You at Risk of a Heart Attack
A normal, seasonal maintenance task might be more dangerous than we thought, especially for those with a cardiovascular history and who live mostly sedentary lives.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A normal, seasonal maintenance task might be more dangerous than we thought, especially for those with a cardiovascular history and who live mostly sedentary lives. www.discovermagazine.com/physical-str...
Learn how elephant seals recognize past enemies by voice and carry the memory of past battles across years. www.discovermagazine.com/these-seals-...
These Seals Remember Their Old Rivals by Voice — Even After a Year at Sea
Learn how elephant seals recognize past enemies by voice and carry the memory of past battles across years.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Learn how elephant seals recognize past enemies by voice and carry the memory of past battles across years. www.discovermagazine.com/these-seals-...
Learn how anacondas are defying expectations of reptile experts by keeping their ancient body size despite drastic temperature changes. www.discovermagazine.com/rare-anacond...
Rare Anaconda Fossils Prove They Have Always Been Enormous and Outlived Other Prehistoric Giants
Learn how anacondas are defying expectations of reptile experts by keeping their ancient body size despite drastic temperature changes.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Learn how anacondas are defying expectations of reptile experts by keeping their ancient body size despite drastic temperature changes. www.discovermagazine.com/rare-anacond...
Learn about the ancient story of Pecos River rock murals in Texas and Mexico, representing the Mesoamerican worldview through symbolic paintings. www.discovermagazine.com/6-000-year-o...
6,000-Year-Old Rock Murals in Texas and Mexico Reveal Ancient Beliefs on the Cosmos
Learn about the ancient story of Pecos River rock murals in Texas and Mexico, representing the Mesoamerican worldview through symbolic paintings.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Learn about the ancient story of Pecos River rock murals in Texas and Mexico, representing the Mesoamerican worldview through symbolic paintings. www.discovermagazine.com/6-000-year-o...
Learn more about magnetic “switchbacks,” an odd magnetic twist that wasn’t expected to happen so close to home. www.discovermagazine.com/dogs-given-c...
Dogs Given CBD Showed Lower Aggression Over Time, Unlike Dogs That Never Received It
Learn how years of data from more than 47,000 dogs revealed a clear split in aggression between CBD-treated and untreated pets.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Learn more about magnetic “switchbacks,” an odd magnetic twist that wasn’t expected to happen so close to home. www.discovermagazine.com/dogs-given-c...
Learn more about magnetic “switchbacks,” an odd magnetic twist that wasn’t expected to happen so close to home. www.discovermagazine.com/a-strange-zi...
A Strange Zig-Zagging Solar Phenomenon Just Appeared Near Earth
Learn more about magnetic “switchbacks,” an odd magnetic twist that wasn’t expected to happen so close to home.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Learn more about magnetic “switchbacks,” an odd magnetic twist that wasn’t expected to happen so close to home. www.discovermagazine.com/a-strange-zi...
Learn how sulfur-based molecules essential to life may have formed before the first living systems appeared. www.discovermagazine.com/earth-s-anci...
Earth’s Ancient Sky May Have Supplied Ingredients for Life Before It Began
Learn how sulfur-based molecules essential to life may have formed before the first living systems appeared.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Learn how sulfur-based molecules essential to life may have formed before the first living systems appeared. www.discovermagazine.com/earth-s-anci...
Pesticides, insecticides, and many industrial chemicals live in our environment and are labeled as safe for humans, until we look closer at their impact on our gut microbes. www.discovermagazine.com/common-synth...
Common Synthetic Chemicals Like Pesticides Are Everywhere and May Harm Our Gut Microbiome
Pesticides, insecticides, and many industrial chemicals live in our environment and are labeled as safe for humans, until we look closer at their impact on our gut microbes.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Pesticides, insecticides, and many industrial chemicals live in our environment and are labeled as safe for humans, until we look closer at their impact on our gut microbes. www.discovermagazine.com/common-synth...
Learn how five distinct brain ages guide the way we think, learn, and grow older. www.discovermagazine.com/your-brain-h...
Your Brain Has Five Ages — And They Shape How You Think for Life
Learn how five distinct brain ages guide the way we think, learn, and grow older.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Learn how five distinct brain ages guide the way we think, learn, and grow older. www.discovermagazine.com/your-brain-h...
Learn more about the animals you thought were dinosaurs, and the animal we thought wasn't a dinosaur, but actually is. www.discovermagazine.com/think-pteros...
Think Pterosaurs and Plesiosaurs Are Dinosaurs? Here's Why These and Other Species Are Not
Learn more about the animals you thought were dinosaurs, and the animal we thought wasn't a dinosaur, but actually is.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Learn more about the animals you thought were dinosaurs, and the animal we thought wasn't a dinosaur, but actually is. www.discovermagazine.com/think-pteros...
Learn more about how ancient wolf DNA is still found in modern dogs, and how it’s shaped those breeds. www.discovermagazine.com/even-chihuah...
Even Chihuahuas Still Have Some Wolf in Them — Here’s How Some Dogs Still Carry This DNA
Learn more about how ancient wolf DNA is still found in modern dogs, and how it’s shaped those breeds.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Learn more about how ancient wolf DNA is still found in modern dogs, and how it’s shaped those breeds. www.discovermagazine.com/even-chihuah...