In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Discover

• THE LATEST NEWS AND NOTES
  THE COST OF A CHARACTER • TURNING TURTLE ON REPTILE EMOTIONS WELLNESS WEEDS • CUTTING OUT ANCIENT CANCER • COMBATTING CRINGE PRIMITIVE PITCH • JUPITER’S SHRINKING SPOT
• The Psychological Toll of Method Acting
  WHETHER IT’S ON STAGE OR SCREEN, ACTING DEMANDS A LOT FROM PERFORMERS. NEUROSCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY REVEAL WHAT HAPPENS IN THE BRAIN WHEN AN ACTOR FULLY IMMERSES THEMSELVES IN A ROLE.
• NOT-SO COLD BLOODED
  REPTILES HAVE A REPUTATION AS PRIMITIVE, EMOTIONLESS CREATURES. EXPERTS SAY COUNTERING THIS MYTH COULD HELP PROTECT THEM FROM HABITAT LOSS.
• DANDELION MAY HAVE DISTINCT HEALTH BENEFITS
  THE COMMON YELLOW WEED HAS LEAVES RICH IN VITAMINS AND MAY BOOST HEALTH IN OTHER WAYS, BUT IT’S UNDERSTUDIED IN COMPARISON TO OTHER NUTRACEUTICALS.
• But When Driving, These Sunglasses May Save Your Life!
  Drivers’ Alert: Driving can expose you to more dangerous glare than any sunny day at the beach can… do you know how to protect yourself?
• Ancient Egyptians Dabbled in Brain Surgery
  INCISIONS DEMONSTRATE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS WERE PERFORMING SURGERY MORE THAN 4,000 YEARS AGO, POSSIBLY AS A MEANS TO TREAT BRAIN CANCER.
• HOW TO STOP RELIVING YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENTS
  REVISITING MORTIFYING MEMORIES MAY BE AN EVOLUTIONARY TRAIT. LEARN WHY EMBARRASSING EXPERIENCES LINGER AND HOW TO HELP THEM FADE OVER TIME.
• Pitch Perfect
  RESEARCHERS DEBATE A CONTROVERSIAL THEORY THAT SUGGESTS NEANDERTHALS MAY HAVE HAD HIGH-PITCHED VOICES.
• JUPITER’S GREAT RED SPOT KEEPS SHRINKING
  THE LARGEST STORM IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, AN 8,700-MILE-WIDE ANTICYCLONE LONG BELOVED BY ASTRONOMERS, MAY BE SLOWLY FIZZLING OUT.
• Missing the Point
  APPENDICITIS OR JUST A STOMACH BUG? EVEN TODAY, IT CAN BE A TRICKY DIAGNOSIS — WITH POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC RESULTS.
• Diagnosing History
  PINNING DOWN THE SOURCE OF HISTORICAL FIGURES’ MALADIES, LIKE THE ROOTS OF KING GEORGE III’S INFAMOUS “MADNESS,” IS ALWAYS INTRIGUING. BUT MEDICAL HISTORIANS SAY IT’S NOT JUST TRICKY TO MAKE A DIAGNOSIS — IT’S ALSO UNIMPORTANT.
• THE INTERNET OF ANIMALS COMES OF AGE
  As the Earth becomes increasingly burdened by climate change, researchers have relied on tagging and tracking animals to understand how environments around the world are impacted.
• PALEO-PROTECTOR
  AFTER YEARS OF STUDYING THE FOSSILIZED MEGAFAUNA OF ANCIENT AUSTRALIA, PALEONTOLOGIST LARISA DESANTIS SETS HER SIGHTS ON PROTECTING MODERN MAMMALS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE.
• LIVING IN THE QUANTUM CENTURY
  A HUNDRED YEARS AFTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUANTUM MECHANICS, PHYSICISTS STILL GRAPPLE WITH EXPLAINING THE WEIRDEST YET MOST FUNDAMENTAL WORKINGS OF THE UNIVERSE.
• A Dose of Dance
  WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR HEADS WHEN WE DANCE? NEUROSCIENTISTS HAVE ASKED, AND NEW APPROACHES ARE ANSWERING, REVEALING HIDDEN BRAIN BENEFITS.