In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Discover

• THE LATEST NEWS AND NOTES
  WHEATS OF THE WORLD SCIENCE ON THE EDGE SOLITUDE STUDIES THE ANCIENT TOLL OF OFFICE WORK MARSUPIAL MEETINGS ECLIPSE EFFECTS DRIVING DIVERSITY ON ISLANDS
• HARVESTING HISTORY
  TO ADDRESS FEEDING THE WORLD’S GROWING POPULATION, EXPERTS TURN TO 100-YEAR-OLD WHEAT.
• SETTING SPACE BOUNDARIES
  HOW DO ASTRONOMERS DETERMINE WHERE GALAXIES END? LEARN HOW GAS DENSITY AND LOCATION DEFINE A GALAXY’S EDGES.
• SCIENTISTS SEEKING SOLITUDE
  THE NEW SCIENCE OF SOLITUDE SUGGESTS THAT YOU DON’T HAVE TO CLOSE YOURSELF OFF FROM THE WORLD TO GET THE BENEFITS OF BEING ALONE.
• ANCIENT EGYPTIANS HAD POOR POSTURE AT WORK, TOO
  ARTHRITIS AND WORN JOINTS REVEAL THE PHYSICAL TOLL OF BEING A SCRIBE AROUND 4,000 YEARS AGO.
• MEET THE QUOKKA
  THE IMPOSSIBLY CUTE MARSUPIAL HAS TAKEN SOCIAL MEDIA BY STORM, BUT IT’S FACING UNEXPECTED THREATS IN ITS SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIAN HOME.
• How Animals Experience an Eclipse
  THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES IN 2017 AND 2024 PRESENTED SCIENTISTS WITH A FRESH OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE UNUSUAL REACTIONS OF ANIMALS DURING ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA.
• Islands Are Laboratories — Of Language and Life
  ISLANDS TAKE UP LITTLE OF EARTH’S INHABITED LAND BUT CHURN OUT LANGUAGES LIKE NO CONTINENT CAN.
• A Stomach-Turning Surprise
  The symptoms pointed to a classic case of gallstones, but the real problem was enough to make anyone wish for gallstones.
• Allergic to EVERYTHING
  When your immune system declares war on your body, life gets miserable. Discover how scientists are racing to understand why: How one of the oldest components of the human immune system can trigger a mysterious and little-understood syndrome.
• DOCTOR Drosophila
  Meet Drosophila melanogaster, the tiny fly behind more than 100 years of biomedical science. Tiny but mighty, the fruit fly has shaped medical science in big ways, having more in common with us than you think.
• You & Your mucus
  The snot in your nose may be unpleasant, but it´s also what makes you, you, according to newest mucus-research. It´s a smart, essential part of staying healthy and theses scientists are justifiably obsessed with it.
• Top Secrets
  We all have something to hide, but only recently have the leading secrecy scientists exposed how keeping and sharing information affects us.
• On the Mark
  HOW DID ANIMALS DEVELOP THEIR DISTINCTIVE SPOTS, STRIPES, AND OTHER MARKINGS? NEW RESEARCH UPGRADES A FAMOUS MATHEMATICIAN’S THEORY ON THE FORMATION OF SKIN PATTERNS.