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Learn how residue trapped inside a Xerxes-era alabaster jar revealed a long-overlooked tradition of opium in ancient Egypt. www.discovermagazine.com/a-rare-alaba...
A Rare Alabaster Vase Reveals the First Clear Evidence of Opium Use in Ancient Egypt
Learn how residue trapped inside a Xerxes-era alabaster jar revealed a long-overlooked tradition of opium in ancient Egypt.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Learn how residue trapped inside a Xerxes-era alabaster jar revealed a long-overlooked tradition of opium in ancient Egypt. www.discovermagazine.com/a-rare-alaba...
Meet Tainrakuasuchus Bellator, crocodile’s earliest known relative, equipped with fierce teeth and tough armor, making him a predator from the start. www.discovermagazine.com/the-crocodil...
The Crocodile’s First Fierce Relative Stalked Earth 240 Million Years Ago
Meet Tainrakuasuchus Bellator, crocodile’s earliest known relative, equipped with fierce teeth and tough armor, making him a predator from the start.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Meet Tainrakuasuchus Bellator, crocodile’s earliest known relative, equipped with fierce teeth and tough armor, making him a predator from the start. www.discovermagazine.com/the-crocodil...
Learn more about the fat molecules researchers discovered in deep-sea mud volcanoes and the clues they offer to microbial adaptations. www.discovermagazine.com/fat-molecule...
Fat Molecules in Deep-Sea Mud Volcanoes Reveal How Microbes Survive Extreme Conditions
Learn more about the fat molecules researchers discovered in deep-sea mud volcanoes and the clues they offer to microbial adaptations.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Learn more about the fat molecules researchers discovered in deep-sea mud volcanoes and the clues they offer to microbial adaptations. www.discovermagazine.com/fat-molecule...
Learn why curious narwhals are acting like the cats of the sea, bumping and scratching against underwater listening devices. www.discovermagazine.com/curious-narw...
Curious Narwhals Keep Bumping Into Underwater Listening Devices — Here's Why
Learn why curious narwhals are acting like the cats of the sea, bumping and scratching against underwater listening devices.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Learn why curious narwhals are acting like the cats of the sea, bumping and scratching against underwater listening devices. www.discovermagazine.com/curious-narw...
Learn more about Earth’s shifting mantle pushed continental material into distant volcanoes. www.discovermagazine.com/a-slow-movin...
A Slow-Moving Force Is Silently Sculpting Volcanoes Beneath the Ocean
Learn more about Earth’s shifting mantle pushed continental material into distant volcanoes.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Learn more about Earth’s shifting mantle pushed continental material into distant volcanoes. www.discovermagazine.com/a-slow-movin...
Learn more about the images advanced telescopes could take of black holes and how they could back up Einstein’s general theory of relativity. www.discovermagazine.com/future-black...
Future Black Hole Images Could Put Einstein’s Theory to the Ultimate Test
Learn more about the images advanced telescopes could take of black holes and how they could back up Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Learn more about the images advanced telescopes could take of black holes and how they could back up Einstein’s general theory of relativity. www.discovermagazine.com/future-black...
Learn more about the orcas seen attacking white sharks in the Gulf of California and why they seem to go for the liver. www.discovermagazine.com/some-orcas-a...
Some Orcas Are Flipping Juvenile White Sharks and Devouring Their Livers
Learn more about the orcas seen attacking white sharks in the Gulf of California and why they seem to go for the liver.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Learn more about the orcas seen attacking white sharks in the Gulf of California and why they seem to go for the liver. www.discovermagazine.com/some-orcas-a...
Learn how NASA’s TESS and ESA’s Gaia missions helped astronomers uncover thousands of hidden stars, revealing that the Pleiades are 20 times larger than previously believed. www.discovermagazine.com/the-seven-si...
The Seven Sisters Star Cluster Is 20 Times Larger Than We Thought
Learn how NASA’s TESS and ESA’s Gaia missions helped astronomers uncover thousands of hidden stars, revealing that the Pleiades are 20 times larger than previously believed.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Learn how NASA’s TESS and ESA’s Gaia missions helped astronomers uncover thousands of hidden stars, revealing that the Pleiades are 20 times larger than previously believed. www.discovermagazine.com/the-seven-si...
Learn about the new method for dating fossil sites that measures isotopes in calcified dinosaur eggshells. www.discovermagazine.com/dinosaur-egg...
Dinosaur Eggshells Infused with Uranium Offer a New Way to Date Ancient Fossil Sites
Learn about the new method for dating fossil sites that measures isotopes in calcified dinosaur eggshells.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Learn about the new method for dating fossil sites that measures isotopes in calcified dinosaur eggshells. www.discovermagazine.com/dinosaur-egg...
Learn how Hawaiian monk seals produce 25 distinct underwater calls, and may even combine them to communicate. www.discovermagazine.com/monk-seals-m...
Monk Seals May Be Stringing Sounds Together Like Sentences
Learn how Hawaiian monk seals produce 25 distinct underwater calls, and may even combine them to communicate.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Learn how Hawaiian monk seals produce 25 distinct underwater calls, and may even combine them to communicate. www.discovermagazine.com/monk-seals-m...
Learn how to catch the 2025 Leonid meteor shower this November, and why this particular shower holds a legendary place in skywatching history. www.discovermagazine.com/the-leonid-m...
The Leonid Meteor Shower Returns This November — How to See It
Learn how to catch the 2025 Leonid meteor shower this November, and why this particular shower holds a legendary place in skywatching history.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Learn how to catch the 2025 Leonid meteor shower this November, and why this particular shower holds a legendary place in skywatching history. www.discovermagazine.com/the-leonid-m...
Learn more about the surprisingly well-preserved fossilized dinosaur egg uncovered in South America and what it could tell us about dinosaur nesting and bird evolution. www.discovermagazine.com/70-million-y...
70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Egg Reveals Ancient Nesting Clues
Learn more about the surprisingly well-preserved fossilized dinosaur egg uncovered in South America and what it could tell us about dinosaur nesting and bird evolution.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Learn more about the surprisingly well-preserved fossilized dinosaur egg uncovered in South America and what it could tell us about dinosaur nesting and bird evolution. www.discovermagazine.com/70-million-y...
Discover how tracing space dust in Arctic seafloor sediment can help us understand how ice coverage changed over millennia, without the need for satellites. www.discovermagazine.com/ocean-floor-...
Space Dust on the Ocean Floor Helps Solve Arctic Ice Puzzle from 30,000 Years Ago
Discover how tracing space dust in Arctic seafloor sediment can help us understand how ice coverage changed over millennia, without the need for satellites.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Discover how tracing space dust in Arctic seafloor sediment can help us understand how ice coverage changed over millennia, without the need for satellites. www.discovermagazine.com/ocean-floor-...
Learn how a small section in Neanderthals' DNA gave them a lower jaw that was much larger than human jaws. www.discovermagazine.com/neanderthals...
Neanderthals Boasted Larger Jaws Than Humans Due to a Tiny Difference in DNA
Learn how a small section in Neanderthals' DNA gave them a lower jaw that was much larger than human jaws.
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November 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Learn how a small section in Neanderthals' DNA gave them a lower jaw that was much larger than human jaws. www.discovermagazine.com/neanderthals...
Learn how coiled optic nerves, unlike any seen in other reptiles, give chameleons their extraordinary field of view. www.discovermagazine.com/in-a-rare-bi...
In a Rare Biological Twist, Chameleons’ Optic Nerves Coil Like a Telephone Cord
Learn how coiled optic nerves, unlike any seen in other reptiles, give chameleons their extraordinary field of view.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Learn how coiled optic nerves, unlike any seen in other reptiles, give chameleons their extraordinary field of view. www.discovermagazine.com/in-a-rare-bi...
Learn why shortness of breath may be the body sending a final SOS and how taking the quiet symptom seriously could help lower the risk of death. www.discovermagazine.com/shortness-of...
Shortness of Breath, Rather Than Pain, May Be a More Critical Warning Sign in Hospital Patients
Learn why shortness of breath may be the body sending a final SOS and how taking the quiet symptom seriously could help lower the risk of death.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Learn why shortness of breath may be the body sending a final SOS and how taking the quiet symptom seriously could help lower the risk of death. www.discovermagazine.com/shortness-of...
Learn more about the juvenile fish that carry sea anemones like weapons or shields to ward off predators. www.discovermagazine.com/juvenile-fis...
Juvenile Fish Are Wielding Sea Anemones Like Shields Against Predators
Learn more about the juvenile fish that carry sea anemones like weapons or shields to ward off predators.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Learn more about the juvenile fish that carry sea anemones like weapons or shields to ward off predators. www.discovermagazine.com/juvenile-fis...
Learn how a small but steady source of warmth under Enceladus is reshaping what scientists think about where life can survive. www.discovermagazine.com/hidden-heat-...
Hidden Heat on Saturn’s Icy Moon Could Help It Sustain Life
Learn how a small but steady source of warmth under Enceladus is reshaping what scientists think about where life can survive.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Learn how a small but steady source of warmth under Enceladus is reshaping what scientists think about where life can survive. www.discovermagazine.com/hidden-heat-...
Learn whether or not science backs the claims that sourdough bread can help with everything from your blood pressure to your gut microbiome. www.discovermagazine.com/is-sourdough...
Is Sourdough Bread Full of Hidden Health Benefits or Is It Just a Trend?
Learn whether or not science backs the claims that sourdough bread can help with everything from your blood pressure to your gut microbiome.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Learn whether or not science backs the claims that sourdough bread can help with everything from your blood pressure to your gut microbiome. www.discovermagazine.com/is-sourdough...
While science now agrees the sun is a star, new telescopes may soon challenge how we define solar objects. www.discovermagazine.com/is-a-sun-a-s...
Is a Sun a Star or a Planet? How We Know — and What Could Change
Is a sun a star or a planet? While science now agrees the sun is a star, new telescopes may soon challenge how we define solar objects.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
While science now agrees the sun is a star, new telescopes may soon challenge how we define solar objects. www.discovermagazine.com/is-a-sun-a-s...
Learn why food can contain both good and bad bacteria. Here’s the difference, and how to avoid the bad ones. www.discovermagazine.com/not-all-food...
Not All Food-Borne Bacteria Are Bad, Some Can Benefit Your Health — Here’s What You Should Know
Learn why food can contain both good and bad bacteria. Here’s the difference, and how to avoid the bad ones.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Learn why food can contain both good and bad bacteria. Here’s the difference, and how to avoid the bad ones. www.discovermagazine.com/not-all-food...
Learn how rainy and cold weather may be linked with joint pain, impacting those with arthritis or other musculoskeletal conditions. www.discovermagazine.com/is-there-a-h...
Is There A Hidden Connection Between Bad Weather and Achy Joints?
Learn how rainy and cold weather may be linked with joint pain, impacting those with arthritis or other musculoskeletal conditions.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Learn how rainy and cold weather may be linked with joint pain, impacting those with arthritis or other musculoskeletal conditions. www.discovermagazine.com/is-there-a-h...
Detected in three drug samples during community checks, the little-known opioid cychlorphine may be as potent as fentanyl, with its true effects still unknown. www.discovermagazine.com/new-syntheti...
New Synthetic Opioid Cychlorphine Found in Toronto, Raising Fentanyl-Level Concerns
Detected in three drug samples during community checks, the little-known opioid cychlorphine may be as potent as fentanyl, with its true effects still unknown.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Detected in three drug samples during community checks, the little-known opioid cychlorphine may be as potent as fentanyl, with its true effects still unknown. www.discovermagazine.com/new-syntheti...
Prehistoric trees like Ginkgo and monkey-puzzles still have close relatives that go back at least to the time of the dinosaurs. www.discovermagazine.com/prehistoric-...
Prehistoric Trees That Survived Extinction — The Ginkgo and More Still Thrive Today
Prehistoric trees like Ginkgo and monkey-puzzles still have close relatives that go back at least to the time of the dinosaurs.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Prehistoric trees like Ginkgo and monkey-puzzles still have close relatives that go back at least to the time of the dinosaurs. www.discovermagazine.com/prehistoric-...
Learn how three new toad species from Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains evolved to skip the tadpole stage — revealing one of nature’s rarest reproductive strategies. www.discovermagazine.com/three-newly-...
Three Newly Discovered Toads Give Birth to Live Young in a Bizarre Evolutionary Twist
Learn how three new toad species from Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains evolved to skip the tadpole stage — revealing one of nature’s rarest reproductive strategies.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Learn how three new toad species from Tanzania’s Eastern Arc Mountains evolved to skip the tadpole stage — revealing one of nature’s rarest reproductive strategies. www.discovermagazine.com/three-newly-...