Biofuel Frenzy
Ethanol that causes land-clearing could make global warming even worse.
The Philanthropy Hormone
A dose of oxytocin loosens our grip on money.
Your Inner Fish
Neil Shubin's book explores the zoo (and aquarium) behind the human body.
Cancer's Many Moods
Does your life depend on a sunny outlook?
T. Rex Time Machine
The oldest proteins ever sequenced link dinosaurs to chickens.
Interview: DISCOVER Scientist of the Year Notable Hans Rosling
This public health professor believes data can change the world.
The Other Side of NASA
How the Earth-based half of the space agency keeps busy.
Hear How They Run
Earbones reveal how extinct animals moved.
The New Cosmic Neighborhood
Get to know our local universe (including the hobbits next door).
Birth and Death of an Island
An undersea volcano has its day in the sun.
Did T. Rex Taste Like Chicken?
Proteins that lasted 68 million years match dinosaurs' modern cousins.
The Future of Blood
Get ready for plastic hemoglobin.
How to Hunt People
Biologists use the DNA of slain animals to fight poachers.
Ironman 2.0
How to turn mice into superathletes.
Caught in the Hot Zone
Ebola pushes gorillas down a slippery slope.
Not So Fast, Einstein
Human brain evolution throttles back.
The Upside of Colorblindness
If you hunt camouflaged prey, you're in luck.
The Future of Death
The World Health Organization predicts how we'll die in 2030.
World Versus the Volcano
An 18th-century Icelandic eruption wreaks havoc around the globe.
The Future of Band-Aids
A nanotech liquid stops bleeding in seconds.
New Tests Help Chemotherapy Hit the Mark
Genetic screening gets the right drugs to the right patients.
Oldest Writing in New World Found
Quarry diggers uncover the first written language in the West.
Shiny, Happy People
A psychologist unveils his atlas of happiness.
Why Fathers Know Best
Curious changes turn up in the brains of primate papas.
Brain in a Dish
Neuroscientists link real brain cells to robotic animals.
Jason Struggles with Pandora's Box
Ann Finkbeiner investigates the top-secret scientists who advise the U.S. government.