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Learn how researchers study Lake Vostok beneath miles of Antarctic ice, and why genetic traces have sparked debate over what might live there. discovermagazine.com/sealed-…
Learn why lungfish have genomes that are far larger than the human genome, and how their expanded genomes shed light on evolution. discovermagazine.com/the-lar…
Learn more about the fiber hidden in produce peels and seeds, and how consuming them could lower food waste and give your fiber a boost. discovermagazine.com/peels-s…
Learn why the dogs of Chornobyl are genetically distinct from other isolated dog populations, and how the answer likely doesn’t have anything to do with toxic mutations. discovermagazine.com/the-dog…
Learn how a single dose of an antibody targeting immune cells helped some monkeys stay free of detectable virus long after stopping treatment. discovermagazine.com/an-expe…
Learn how many basketwork eels gather near Hobart and how counting fish by sound alone can lead to wildly wrong numbers. discovermagazine.com/2-8-mil…
Learn how muskoxen survive Arctic winters, why they carry so little genetic variety, and what researchers have traced to their mysterious die-offs. discovermagazine.com/this-80…
Learn more about the color-changing glass used to create this anicent roman cup and how glassworkers were finally able to recreate it. discovermagazine.com/glasswo…
Learn how centuries-old diaries and chronicles reveal how bitter cold and heavy rain compounded crop failures, hunger, and disease in Transylvania in the 1600s. discovermagazine.com/diaries…
Learn how the CDC weighs treatment options, spread, and future infections to assess drug-resistant germs — and why death tolls tell only part of the story. discovermagazine.com/new-cdc…
Learn about 2026 ED138, a new dwarf planet candidate that may be one of the largest and brightest objects discovered beyond Pluto's orbit. discovermagazine.com/icy-obj…
Meet Infernogallus jamesi, the first primarily fruit-eating dinosaur that may have had a crucial role in shaping the Cretaceous ecosystem. discovermagazine.com/a-rare-…
Learn how brain-imaging showed how people with stronger narcissistic traits respond differently when someone else’s social standing is threatened. discovermagazine.com/narciss…
Learn more about the unique ice grains from comet 3I/ATLAS and how they may hold clues to the building blocks of planets. discovermagazine.com/interst…
Learn how an ancient virus silenced a gene that helps young human nerve cells grow, leaving a lasting difference between our closest relatives and us. discovermagazine.com/an-anci…
Learn how Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s test camera captured young stars lighting up the Seagull Nebula in pink and blue, 3,700 light-years from Earth. discovermagazine.com/a-test-…
Learn more about a study that found low-dose aspirin to be associated with lower dementia risk in certain genetic populations. discovermagazine.com/low-dos…
Learn more about the origin of the 7:1 dog-year myth and how dogs' ages can actually be calculated. discovermagazine.com/the-mul…
Learn more about Gerrothorax maritimus, an ancient amphibian that may have lived in a fully marine ecosystem. discovermagazine.com/237-mil…
Learn how a dog’s steps across a drying mud brick preserved a small moment of everyday life in an ancient city. discovermagazine.com/4-000-y…
