Learn how uncovering the biochemistry of a long-established blood pressure drug could make it eligible to treat brain tumors.

Jack Knudson is an assistant editor for Discover Magazine who writes articles on space, ancient humans, animals, and sustainability, and manages the Planet Earth column of the print issue. View Full ...

Learn how two new studies reveal surprising parallels between dogs’ ADHD-like behaviors and human attention patterns, and how ...

Learn how scientists have used ultrasound technology to turn one of chocolate’s biggest waste products into a ...

Learn how rats, originally brought over to Easter Island as a food source, are partially to blame for the destruction of palm ...

Swapping colonoscopies for swallowing a pill packed with bacteria that can read the condition of our gut could revolutionize gastroenterology and seriously relieve patients.

Learn how new genomic tools revealed that cabernet sauvignon preserves inherited chemical signatures dating back 400 years.

A grand Bronze Age settlement in today’s Kazakhstan tells one of humanity’s most important stories — the shift from a nomadic ...

Learn how a common interpretation of Neanderthal noses could be changed due to a skeleton trapped inside a sinkhole.

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Scientists have collected ancient RNA from mammoth samples up to 52,000 years old. Learn how they can use that RNA to ...

Learn more about how scientists uncovered an unlikely community of arachnids in Europe’s Sulfur Cave and why these spiders ...