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Discover Magazine will amaze you, enlighten you, and open your eyes to the awe and wonder of science and technology. Discover reveals secrets, solves mysteries, and debunks old myths. Discover shares new findings and shows you what makes our universe tick.

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Eyewitness to Geology • A geologist’s experience reveals how Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome gets its shape.

BOOKS • Got someone on your holiday list who needs a book? Trick question. Of course you do, everyone needs books! Here are a few new science reads worth giving — or keeping for yourself.

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Vital Signs • A healthy 29-year-old collapses and remains in a coma despite months of treatment.

Burn Notice • Thirty years after flames ripped through Yellowstone, scientists study the sites to understand future fires.

ALZHEIMER’S UNDER ATTACK • Armed with big data, researchers turn to customized lifestyle changes to fight the disease.

On the Wrong Track All Along?

The Bredesen Protocol

Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Can Be Difficult

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE • A Steady Uptick

A Magnetic Quest • For centuries, physicists have hunted for particles with a single north or south pole. They may be closer than ever.

Maybe Monopoles?

Funky New Physics

The Spider & the Fly • How a pitched chemical battle in our home unwittingly creates a playground for pests.

OUTSMARTING OUTBREAKS • Devastating diseases can catch us unaware, but medical experts are developing digital tools to prevent future chaos.

Pulling It Together

A Learning Process

THE HIGH COSTS OF FIGHTING DISEASE

Location, Location, Location

There’s a Map for That

The A ntibiotic Eaters • Researchers design bacteria to gobble up antibiotics in the environment, before microbes have a chance to turn deadly.

Fostering Fear • America’s anti-vaccine movement has shunned medical advances for much longer than you might think.

BREAKING NEWS… CoQ10’s Failure Leaves Millions Wanting • Use this pill to supercharge your brain and think better than ever.

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