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Space Travel
Watch Live: SpaceX’s Dragon Set for Wednesday Resupply Mission
discovermagazine.com - Hailey Rose McLaughlin
Just days after the three newest crew members arrived on the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule is set to launch on a …
University of South Florida
Hints of Previously Unknown Asteroid Impact Found in Florida Clam Fossils
discovermagazine.com - Korey Haynes
In 2006, an undergraduate student from the University of South Florida named Mike Meyer spent his summer collecting fossils from the walls of a …
Jokes
Laugh Tracks Do Actually Make Jokes Funnier
discovermagazine.com - Bill Andrews
Hey, what do you call a sleeping dinosaur? A dino-SNORE! What’s wrong, don’t find that funny? Well, what if I told you the exact same joke, but …
Dark Matter
The Early Universe May Have Been Filled With Dark Matter Stars
discovermagazine.com - Jake Parks
Powered by dark matter, dark stars are hypothetical objects that may have inhabited the early universe. If they existed, these mysterious beasts …
Galaxies
The Milky Way Cannibalized a Neighboring Galaxy
discovermagazine.com - Korey Haynes
Ten billion years ago, the Milky Way encountered another galaxy in the vast emptiness of space, and consumed it. Dubbed Gaia-Enceladus by …
Chandrayaan-2
India’s Chandrayaan-2 Spacecraft Launches for the Moon
discovermagazine.com - Hailey Rose McLaughlin
The Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) second moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, launched successfully into Earth orbit on July 22 after a week …
Science
An Electric “Humm” To Make You Smarter?
discovermagazine.com - Neuroskeptic
This week I came across a brain stimulation device called Humm that promises to improve your cognitive function and memory if you stick it to your …
Apollo Missions
Apollo’s Legacy is Keeping Us Grounded
discovermagazine.com - Amy Shira Teitel
Apollo was amazing. Footage moonwalking astronauts and breathtaking images of the Earth from space remain a source of inspiration, and on a personal …
Elon Musk
Elon Musk Confirms SpaceX’s Starhopper Survived Recent Fireball
discovermagazine.com - Hailey Rose McLaughlin
In a series of Twitter responses, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed Starhopper, the prototype for the company’s next generation of spacecraft, survived …
Mosquitoes
Why Do Mosquitos Love Biting Some People More Than Others?
discovermagazine.com - Cody Cottier
As I slept unaware beneath the stars one night in early July, what I can only assume to be a legion of mosquitoes declared war against my …
Science
This AI Solves The Rubik’s Cube Way Better Than You
discovermagazine.com - Roni Dengler
In 1974, an architecture professor named Erno Rubik built a movable piece of art to help his students understand three-dimensional problems. Though …
Ants
How a Zombie Fungus Takes Over Ants’ Jaws to Deliver a Death Bite
discovermagazine.com - Jennifer Walter
Forget The Walking Dead – there’s a real zombie outbreak happening right now — though it’s more like the crawling dead. Ants, moths, grasshoppers, …
Science
The Truth is Out There: Using VERITAS to Search for E.T.
discovermagazine.com - Korey Haynes
Traditionally, the hunt for intelligent life in the universe has focused on radio signals from far off worlds. But scientists are turning to more …
Science
Three New ISS Crew Members to Launch on July 20
discovermagazine.com - Hailey Rose McLaughlin
Exactly 50 years after the first humans stepped foot on the moon, three astronauts will blast off into space to join the current crew on the …
Science
Resveratrol, Compound in Red Wine, Could Help Astronauts Walk on Mars
discovermagazine.com - Lacy Schley
The same stuff that’s been linked to red wine’s heart-health benefits could also someday help astronauts walk on Mars. In a new study published in …
Singularity
AI is Coming Closer to Deciphering Lost Languages
discovermagazine.com - Nathaniel Scharping
Since the invention of writing several thousands of years ago, humans have come up with myriad scripts that turn the phonetic sounds of spoken …
Science
This New Virtual Reality Glove Lets You Grab Digital Objects
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The VR glove in action.(Credit: Song et al, Scientific Reports, (2019) 9:8988) Our squishy human brains are notoriously easy to fool. Whether it’s …
Citizen Science
Help scientists track extreme weather this week!
discovermagazine.com - cnickerson
Tropical storms loom large over different parts of the globe, while extreme heat and droughts wreak havoc on other areas. Flash floods and landslides …
Antarctica
Scientists Propose Dumping Absurd Amounts of Snow On Antarctica To Curb Sea Level Rise
discovermagazine.com - Roni Dengler
Climate change is melting the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. A recent swell in warm ocean water on the western side of the continent is eating away at two …
SpaceX
SpaceX’s Starhopper Engulfed by Fireball During Test
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An artist's illustration shows Starship, SpaceX's future passenger vehicle, launching above the clouds. (Credit: SpaceX) On Tuesday, SpaceX ran its …
Gravitational Waves
Scientists Start Developing a Mini Gravitational Wave Detector
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Gravitational waves can be detected from the collision of massive objects in the universe, but also from much smaller objects like dark matter …
Wastewater
Earthquakes Will Rock Central U.S. a Decade After Oil Extraction Ends
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An Oklahoma home damaged in 2011 during an earthquake that was likely spawned by injecting wastewater during fossil fuel extraction. (Credit: USGS) …
Science
If Apollo 11 Failed, Here’s the Speech Nixon Would Have Read
discovermagazine.com - Bill Andrews
It’s easy, amid the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, to see it as an inevitable success. NASA had been preparing …
Science
How Humans’ Unique Cooking Abilities Might Have Altered Our Fate
discovermagazine.com - Bridget Alex
If you cooked dinner today — even a Cup O Noodles — you did something extraordinary and uniquely human. While the rest of the animal kingdom subsists …
Neuralink
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Unveils Mind-Reading Implant that Could Be Ready for Humans by 2020
discovermagazine.com - Jennifer Walter
He’s pioneered several multi-billion dollar companies, launched one of his cars into space, and now Elon Musk wants to hack your brain. On Tuesday …
Environment
Human Wastewater Runoff is Killing Corals in the Florida Keys
discovermagazine.com - Jennifer Walter
It’s been said time and time again that climate change is killing coral reefs. Rising ocean temperatures cause bleaching, which damages huge chunks …
SpaceX
SpaceX Says It Knows Why Crew Dragon Exploded
discovermagazine.com - Hailey Rose McLaughlin
Almost three months after SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule blew up during a test on April 20, the results of the investigation place blame on a leak and …
Hawaii Politics
Protests Resume in Hawaii With Start of Thirty Meter Telescope Construction
discovermagazine.com - Korey Haynes
The Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) has had a tumultuous start. Set to be the world’s largest visible light telescope, construction was slated to begin …
Science
ISS Mouse Experiment Tests How the Body Adapts to Living on the Moon
discovermagazine.com - Korey Haynes
Astronauts living on the International Space Station spend hours working out every day just to avoid losing serious muscle mass and bone density in …
Science
At STEM Competitions, Gender Norms Still Hold Girls Back
discovermagazine.com - Sarah White
Seventeen-year-old Rachel Seevers waited nervously at the 2019 International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). The high school senior was about to …

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