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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 1h
Learn about how the recent deaths of two marathoners from Wisconsin and the United Kingdom raise questions about how you can protect yourself during any future running events. www.discovermagazine.com/two-recent-m...
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Two Recent Marathon Deaths Highlight Rare but Serious Risks for Endurance Runners
Learn about how the recent deaths of two marathoners from Wisconsin and the United Kingdom raise questions about how you can protect yourself during any future running events.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 3h
Learn more about all the night sky activities set to take place in October 2026 and the best ways to view them. www.discovermagazine.com/how-to-watch...
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How to Watch October's Full Moon, Meteor Showers, and Halloween Fireballs Light Up the Night Sky
Learn more about all the night sky activities set to take place in October 2026 and the best ways to view them.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 5h
Learn about an upcoming project that will distill whisky in space, uncovering chemical changes to lay the groundwork for orbital factories. www.discovermagazine.com/testing-whis...
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Testing Whisky in Space Using an Artificial Tongue Could Help Explore Foundations for Orbital Factories
Learn about an upcoming project that will distill whisky in space, uncovering chemical changes to lay the groundwork for orbital factories.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 7h
Learn more about creatine supplements and how a new study found they helped people gain lean tissue and strength without working out. www.discovermagazine.com/creatine-may...
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Creatine May Help Middle-Aged Adults Maintain Strength Without a Structured Workout Routine
Learn more about creatine supplements and how a new study found they helped people gain lean tissue and strength without working out.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 9h
Learn how 11 silver coins found beneath a former sports field were traced to a single Celtic hoard buried more than 2,000 years ago. www.discovermagazine.com/archaeologis...
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Archaeologists Reconstruct a 2,000-Year-Old Celtic Coin Hoard Scattered by Centuries of Plowing
Learn how 11 silver coins found beneath a former sports field were traced to a single Celtic hoard buried more than 2,000 years ago.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 11h
Discover why researchers believe menopause could help predict brain health later in life. www.discovermagazine.com/menopause-ma...
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Menopause May Mark a Critical Window for Understanding Alzheimer's Risk in Women
Discover why researchers believe menopause could help predict brain health later in life.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Learn about Oued Beht, an archaeological site reshaping our understanding of North Africa’s prehistory. www.discovermagazine.com/4-000-year-o...
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4,000-Year-Old Moroccan Defense Structure May Be the Oldest Known in North Africa Beyond the Nile Valley
Learn about Oued Beht, an archaeological site reshaping our understanding of North Africa’s prehistory.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Learn how modern forensics uncovered evidence that Egypt’s royal retainers may have been killed to serve their rulers in the afterlife. www.discovermagazine.com/what-46-anci...
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What 46 Ancient Egyptian Skulls Reveal About Human Sacrifice In Royal Tombs
Learn how modern forensics uncovered evidence that Egypt’s royal retainers may have been killed to serve their rulers in the afterlife.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Learn how the longest clinical trial of its kind found people who drank non-nutritive sweetened beverages lost as much weight over two years as those who drank water. www.discovermagazine.com/diet-drinks-...
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Diet Drinks May Be Just as Effective as Water for Weight Loss, Offering an Alternative to Sugar‑Sweetened Drinks
Learn how the longest clinical trial of its kind found people who drank non-nutritive sweetened beverages lost as much wight over two years as those who drank water.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Learn about the first-ever radio signal detected from an exoplanet, a discovery that may have important implications for understanding magnetic fields. www.discovermagazine.com/radio-emissi...
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Radio Emission Detected from Massive Exoplanet Reveals a Magnetic Field Far Stronger Than Earth's
Learn about the first-ever radio signal detected from an exoplanet, a discovery that may have important implications for understanding magnetic fields.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Learn how squid sense water movement with tiny hair bundles, and what those structures could teach us about human hearing. www.discovermagazine.com/tiny-hair-bu...
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Tiny Hair Bundles Across Squid Skin May Help Explain Human Hearing Loss
Learn how squid sense water movement with tiny hair bundles, and what those structures could teach us about human hearing.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Learn how a newborn's white coat helps relatives keep track of him as he grows into his adult black-and-white coloring. www.discovermagazine.com/new-baby-col...
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New Baby Colobus Monkey at Lincoln Park Zoo has a Bright Pink Face and Stark White Fur
Learn how a newborn's white coat helps relatives keep track of him as he grows into his adult black-and-white coloring.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Learn about Norellraptor barsboldi, a dinosaur species found in China that is providing new information on how dinosaurs and birds started to fly. www.discovermagazine.com/newly-identi...
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Newly Identified Norellraptor Could Reshape What We Know About Feathered Dinosaur Flight Evolution
Learn about Norellraptor barsboldi, a dinosaur species found in China that is providing new information on how dinosaurs and birds started to fly.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Meriwether Lewis died in October 1809. Most researchers claim that he took his own life, but some debate that he could have been murdered. www.discovermagazine.com/the-mysterio...
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The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis Is Debated — Some Say Suicide, Others Suggest Murder
Meriwether Lewis died in October 1809. Most researchers claim that he took his own life, but some debate that he could have been murdered.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Learn about three symbolic glyphs painted in a cave in Mexico where people once visited to perform fire rituals for warriors. www.discovermagazine.com/glyphs-paint...
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Glyphs Painted in Mexican Cave May Reveal Ancient Warrior Rituals and a Lost Writing System
Learn about three symbolic glyphs painted in a cave in Mexico where people once visited to perform fire rituals for warriors.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Learn how mosaic-floored banquet halls and stone benches are strengthening the case for a school where Aristotle may have taught a young Alexander the Great. www.discovermagazine.com/newly-discov...
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Newly Discovered Mosaic Floors May Be From the School Where Aristotle Taught Alexander the Great
Learn how mosaic-floored banquet halls and stone benches are strengthening the case for a school where Aristotle may have taught a young Alexander the Great.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Learn how H. pylori, HPV, hepatitis B and C, and the virus behind mono can lead to cancer, and how vaccines and treatment can reduce risk. www.discovermagazine.com/5-infections...
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5 Infections, Including Epstein-Barr Virus, Were Linked to 2.3 Million New Cancer Cases in 2024
Learn how H. pylori, HPV, hepatitis B and C, and the virus behind mono can lead to cancer, and how vaccines and treatment can reduce risk.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Learn more about the shifts in weather that may arise thanks to a powerful El Niño this winter and what the impacts on North America could be. www.discovermagazine.com/a-powerful-e...
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A Powerful El Niño Could Bring Mild Temperatures, Flooding, and Less Snowfall to Different Parts of North America This Winter
Learn more about the shifts in weather that may arise thanks to a powerful El Niño this winter and what the impacts on North America could be.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Learn how reseachers are working to determine if a twist in the universe's oldest light is evidence of new physics or a calibration error. www.discovermagazine.com/the-universe...
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The Universe's Oldest Light May Be Twisted — and There's a New Way to Test It
Learn how reseachers are working to determine if a twist in the universe's oldest light is evidence of new physics or a calibration error.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Learn how the scent of your belly button, nose, or ear may one day be used to make medical diagnosis. www.discovermagazine.com/belly-button...
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Belly Button Odor Could One Day Help Detect Parkinson's, Cognitive Impairment, and COVID-19
Learn how the scent of your belly button, nose, or ear may one day be used to make medical diagnosis.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Learn how an eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano would affect North America, and why one isn't likely to happen in the foreseeable future. www.discovermagazine.com/yellowstone-...
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Yellowstone Supervolcano Eruption Would Cover Cities in Up to Three Feet of Ash — Here's Why Not To Worry
Learn how an eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano would affect North America, and why one isn't likely to happen in the foreseeable future.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Learn how slower digestion may change what astronauts’ gut bacteria feed on during a long stay in orbit. www.discovermagazine.com/astronauts-t...
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Astronauts Tend to Get Constipated in Space, a Blood Test May Reveal Why
Learn how slower digestion may change what astronauts’ gut bacteria feed on during a long stay in orbit.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Learn how mineral crusts, broken bones, and possible rodent tooth marks helped researchers piece together what happened to human remains at Göbeklitepe. www.discovermagazine.com/10-000-year-...
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10,000-Year-Old Burials May Reveal New Clues About Life, Death, and a Possible Skull Cult at Göbeklitepe
Learn how mineral crusts, broken bones, and possible rodent tooth marks helped researchers piece together what happened to human remains at Göbeklitepe.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Learn how an amateur archaeologist discovered the fifth-largest collection of Hadrian-era coins in the world. www.discovermagazine.com/more-than-90...
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More Than 900 Roman Silver Coins Form Germany's Largest Hadrian-Era Hoard
Learn how an amateur archaeologist discovered the fifth-largest collection of Hadrian-era coins ​in the world.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Learn more about two new marine spider species discovered off the coast of British Columbia and how they're helping researchers learn more about marine arthropods. www.discovermagazine.com/newly-discov...
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Newly Discovered Red-Eyed, Hairy-Legged Sea Spider Is the Stuff of Nightmares
Learn more about two new marine spider species discovered off the coast of British Columbia and how they're helping researchers learn more about marine arthropods.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Learn how researchers found that dogs’ brains use consonants to pick out patterns in speech, and what that could mean for the way your dog hears you. www.discovermagazine.com/dogs-show-a-...
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Dogs Show a Surprising Speech-Processing Skill Once Thought Unique to Humans
Learn how researchers found that dogs’ brains use consonants to pick out patterns in speech, and what that could mean for the way your dog hears you.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Learn how two Field Museum interns identified Jeanerpeton in a Mazon Creek fossil and what its toe pads reveal about early amphibians. www.discovermagazine.com/two-students...
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Two Students Named a New 309-Million-Year-Old Amphibian Relative After Their Mothers, Both Named Jean
Learn how two Field Museum interns identified Jeanerpeton in a Mazon Creek fossil and what its toe pads reveal about early amphibians.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Learn how brain tissue donated to science after death gives clues about genetic changes in neurological disorders and how we might target them better in future patients. www.discovermagazine.com/largest-map-...
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Largest Map of Gene Activity to Date May Hold Clues to Alzheimer’s and Other Brain Diseases
Learn how brain tissue donated to science after death gives clues about genetic changes in neurological disorders and how we might target them better in future patients.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Learn more about the recent rise in measles cases and how the virus is especially dangerous for newborns. www.discovermagazine.com/the-u-s-may-...
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The U.S. May Be Approaching a Measles Crisis, and Some Babies Face Risks Before Birth
Learn more about the recent rise in measles cases and how the virus is especially dangerous for newborns.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Learn more about Earth's magnetic field and the impact it had on the planet when it flipped 41,000 years ago. www.discovermagazine.com/41-000-years...
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41,000 Years Ago, Earth's Magnetic Shield Nearly Vanished — Now We Know What It Sounded Like
Learn more about Earth's magnetic field and the impact it had on the planet when it flipped 41,000 years ago.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Learn more about an ancient Roman kitchen unearthed in Northern Spain and what it can tell us about ancient domestic life during that time. www.discovermagazine.com/2-000-year-o...
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2,000-Year-Old Roman Kitchen Unearthed in Spain Reveals Ancient Daily Life
Learn more about an ancient Roman kitchen unearthed in Northern Spain and what it can tell us about ancient domestic life during that time.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Learn how Earth's magnetic field may influence how we age and how its effects on mitochondria could reveal new therapies for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. www.discovermagazine.com/earth-s-magn...
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Earth's Magnetic Field May Influence Aging by Affecting How Mitochondria Produce Energy
Learn how Earth's magnetic field may influence how we age and how its effects on mitochondria could reveal new therapies for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Learn how a new microscope revealed living Antarctic fish cells in detail and why their protein-folding challenges could matter to the human brain. www.discovermagazine.com/antarctic-fi...
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Antarctic Fish Cells May Offer Clues to Protein-Folding Diseases Like Alzheimer’s
Learn how a new microscope revealed living Antarctic fish cells in detail and why their protein-folding challenges could matter to the human brain.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Learn more about the impact menopause has on bone strength and density as women age and what can be done to help keep strength up. www.discovermagazine.com/bone-loss-af...
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Bone Loss After Menopause Can Raise Osteoporosis Risk, the "Silent Disease"
Learn more about the impact menopause has on bone strength and density as women age and what can be done to help keep strength up.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Learn how a wall unearthed near Notre-Dame could reveal where Gallic Lutetia stood, how Paris began, and whether its fire matches Julius Caesar’s account. www.discovermagazine.com/charred-2-00...
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Charred 2,000-Year-Old Wall Found Beneath Paris May Reveal the Location of Ancient Lutetia
Learn how a wall unearthed near Notre-Dame could reveal where Gallic Lutetia stood, how Paris began, and whether its fire matches Julius Caesar’s account.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Learn more about the newly identified species Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda and how its discovery could reshape scientists' understanding of the timeline of dinosaur origins. www.discovermagazine.com/240-million-...
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240-Million-Year-Old Fossil Turns Out to Be a New Species That Could Rewrite Dinosaur Evolution
Learn more about the newly identified species Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda and how its discovery could reshape scientists' understanding of the timeline of dinosaur origins.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Learn how Tigrino’s DNA and museum specimens helped researchers untangle the identities of five tiger cat species. www.discovermagazine.com/cub-found-in...
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Cub Found in Bolivia Helped Uncover the First New Cat Species Named in Over a Century
Learn how Tigrino’s DNA and museum specimens helped researchers untangle the identities of five tiger cat species.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Learn how a fossilized capybara tooth could point to a drastically different climate in the Atacama Desert almost nine million years ago. www.discovermagazine.com/9-million-ye...
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9-Million-Year-Old Capybara Tooth From Chile Hints at Unexpectedly Wet Conditions in the Ancient Atacama Desert
Learn how a fossilized capybara tooth could point to a drastically different climate in the Atacama Desert almost nine million years ago.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Discover how the latest geophysical analysis in and around King Tut’s tomb further supports the theory of hidden chambers, potentially untouched for centuries. www.discovermagazine.com/king-tut-s-t...
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King Tut’s Tomb May Hide Secret Chambers, Reviving a Search for Queen Nefertiti
Discover how the latest geophysical analysis in and around King Tut’s tomb further supports the theory of hidden chambers, potentially untouched for centuries.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Learn more about the first-ever 3D map of an ovary and how it could reshape our understanding of fertility, menopause, and women's reproductive health. www.discovermagazine.com/the-first-3d...
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The First 3D Map of an Ovary Suggests a Hidden System Controls Egg Activation
Learn more about the first-ever 3D map of an ovary and how it could reshape our understanding of fertility, menopause, and women's reproductive health.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Learn more about the latest moon crater spotted by the LRO and how it changed the moon's surface. www.discovermagazine.com/newly-discov...
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Newly Discovered 'Once-in-a-Century' Moon Crater Larger Than Two Football Fields
Learn more about the latest moon crater spotted by the LRO and how it changed the moon's surface.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Learn how diving for food may have helped our ancestors develop the heart and lung capacity later used to chase prey across land. www.discovermagazine.com/diving-like-...
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Diving Like Sea Otters May Have Helped Our Ancestors Build the Stamina to Run
Learn how diving for food may have helped our ancestors develop the heart and lung capacity later used to chase prey across land.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Learn how an astrophysicist’s simulations traced a possible lunar downfall that could have changed Venus’s climate and ability to hold onto water. www.discovermagazine.com/venus-may-ha...
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Venus May Have Pulled Its Own Moon Back Toward It, Torn It Apart, and Eaten the Remains
Learn how an astrophysicist’s simulations traced a possible lunar downfall that could have changed Venus’s climate and ability to hold onto water.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Learn more about this forgotten part of the ovary and how modern analysis reveal its functional part in the female reproductive system. www.discovermagazine.com/forgotten-an...
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Forgotten and Overlooked Structure Attached to the Ovary May Be Far More Active Than Once Thought
Learn more about this forgotten part of the ovary and how modern analysis reveal its functional part in the female reproductive system.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Learn how more than a decade of lab work persuaded a museum to part with precious fossils, allowing researchers to take T. rex’s temperature for the first time. www.discovermagazine.com/drilling-int...
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Drilling Into 66-Million-Year-Old T. Rex Teeth Reveals a Human-Like Body Temperature
Learn how more than a decade of lab work persuaded a museum to part with precious fossils, allowing researchers to take T. rex’s temperature for the first time.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Meet Gail, Brevard Zoo’s newest Masai giraffe calf who is part of a multigenerational conservation success story. www.discovermagazine.com/brevard-zoo-...
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Brevard Zoo's Giraffe Newborn Named Gail Takes a 6-Foot Plunge at Birth, Weighing Nearly 120 Pounds
Meet Gail, Brevard Zoo’s newest Masai giraffe calf who is part of a multigenerational conservation success story.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Learn more about the vaccine schedule changes brought forth by the current administration and why so many medical professionals disagree with them. www.discovermagazine.com/vaccine-sche...
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Vaccine Schedule Changes May Contradict Decades of Research — Here's What To Know
Learn more about the vaccine schedule changes brought forth by the current administration and why so many medical professionals disagree with them.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Learn how flooding, dangerous wildlife, and tropical diseases could complicate Ash Dykes’s 400-mile kayak trip through the Congo Basin. www.discovermagazine.com/crocodiles-h...
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Crocodiles, Hippos, and Malaria Are Just Some of the Dangers in the Congo Basin
Learn how flooding, dangerous wildlife, and tropical diseases could complicate Ash Dykes’s 400-mile kayak trip through the Congo Basin.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Ad For 75 years, Pittcon has been at the cutting edge of industry defining changes, and next year it returns home for the first time in six decades. www.discovermagazine.com/pittcon-2027...
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Pittcon 2027: What America’s Biggest Lab Science Show Means For You
For over 75 years, Pittcon has been at the cutting edge of industry-defining changes, and next year it returns home for the first time in six decades.
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Discover Magazine @discovermag.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Learn how long the moon’s water supply could last as human settlements grow, and the answer may depend on recycling and finding more water. www.discovermagazine.com/small-lunar-...
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Small Lunar Towns Could Sustain Themselves on the Moon's Water for Centuries
Learn how long the moon’s water supply could last as human settlements grow, and the answer may depend on recycling and finding more water.
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