Discover Magazine

How 31 Billion Chickens Are Driving the Evolution of a Major Foodborne Pathogen

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 22:00:00 GMT

Learn how industrial poultry farming drove a 100-fold increase in Campylobacter transfers and helped strains acquire traits linked to drug resistance.

Cancer Thrives by Evading Cell Death — Cattle Cells Could Help Researchers Fight Back

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 21:30:00 GMT

Learn more about apoptosis' role in cancer and how finding the best animal model to test cancer drugs may lead us to cows.

A Cave So Dangerous to Reach, It Preserved 179 Ritual Objects for More Than 1,100 Years

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:57:00 GMT

Learn how a cave’s difficult descent and flooded passage preserved evidence of Zoque rain and fertility rituals in Chiapas, Mexico, for over 1,100 years.

This 245 Million-Year-Old Marine Reptile Still Has Most of Its Digestive Tract — One of the Oldest Ever Found

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:37:00 GMT

Learn more about Austronaga minuta and how its nearly complete fossil still has its intact digestive tract.

5 Recent Dementia Research Advances — From Blood Tests and Lithium to Lifestyle Changes

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:25:00 GMT

Learn more about these 5 recent dementia breakthroughs that highlight possible interventions, diagnosis methods, and treatments.

Newly Discovered Dinosaur From Zimbabwe Could Change What We Know About Ancient Southern African Ecosystems

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:01:00 GMT

Learn how Musango, a new Late Triassic dinosaur from Zimbabwe, survived a possible injury or infection and challenges ideas about southern African ecosystems.

River Otters Are Drowning Brown Pelicans at Point Reyes — and the Birds May Finally Be Catching On

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Learn how river otters at Point Reyes turned brown pelicans into recurring prey and why the birds may finally be responding.

Bones Buried in Italian Necropolis Offer Clues on Ancient Diets and Society Before the Romans

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:15:00 GMT

Learn what buried bones reveal about the diet of ancient cultures in Italy, shedding light on mobility, gender inequality, and social status.

Wildfires in Europe Can Create "Fire Clouds" That May Trigger Lightning, Fierce Winds, and Even More Flames

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:00:00 GMT

Learn more about pyrocumulonimbus, or “fire clouds,” which occur when rising wildfire smoke transforms into dangerous thunderstorms.

Fish Exporter Helps Reveal New Species Barely Over an Inch Long, With Yellow Flecks and Bright Orange Blotches

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:40:00 GMT

Learn how fin-ray counts, scale patterns, and DNA identified Tomiyamichthys oriens, a new shrimpgoby species from East Java, Indonesia.

Measles, Polio, and Other Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Are Re-emerging — Here's What To Know

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:25:00 GMT

Learn how falling vaccination rates are causing preventable diseases, like measles, to return.

While Helping Beachgoers Recover Lost Items, Official Finds Rare 2,500-Year-Old Coin Linked to Ancient Trade Routes

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:51:00 GMT

Learn more about an ancient coin from Cyprus that was recently uncovered on Ashdod Beach and what it could help reveal about trade in the 5th century.

A Magnetic Field Turned Stripes Into Checkerboards in This Quantum Material

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:15:00 GMT

Learn how competing electronic states can be manipulated in cerium tritelluride, a graphene-like quantum material.

Severe Drought Exposes Historic Shipwrecks Along the Danube River

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Learn about shipwrecks that have begun to emerge on the Danube River, revealing the impacts of drought in Central Europe.

Someone May Have Buried This Mysterious Pot on Purpose 400 Years Ago — but No One Knows Why

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:30:00 GMT

Learn how an intact pot and a second unfamiliar vessel add new details about food, trade, and migration in a Potano village in Florida.

The 2026 Buck Moon Will Rise This Week, Coinciding with Three Active Meteor Showers

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:15:00 GMT

Learn more about the Buck Moon that will arrive on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, and what else will be in the sky that night.

Ebola Outbreak Surpasses 3,000 Cases as First Human Vaccine Trial for Rare Bundibugyo Virus Begins

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:00:00 GMT

Learn how a rare Ebola strain has fueled one of the largest outbreaks on record and what the first human vaccine trial could mean for containing the outbreak.

Ancient Footprints Reveal Eight Human Relatives Walked Together Along a Kenyan Lakeshore 1.4 Million Years Ago

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 21:40:00 GMT

Learn how 21 fossil footprints show that some P. boisei stood six feet tall and crossed Lake Turkana’s shore in a mostly male group.

Agriculture Helped Language Diversity Flourish — Then Contributed to Its Decline

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 21:17:00 GMT

Discover how language diversity peaked and what may have contributed to its decline.

Severe Droughts May Have Helped Drive the Late Bronze Age Collapse

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:45:00 GMT

Learn how multiple climate cycles may have contributed to the collapse of Bronze Age civilizations, including the Mycenaeans and Hittites.