Discover May 2015

From Diabetes to Athlete's Foot, Our Bodies Are Maladapted for Modern Life
by Jeff Wheelwright
Today's humans are afflicted with ailments that virtually didn't exist for our nomadic forbears. Can we adapt our way out of them?

Resetting the Addictive Brain
by Adam Piore
Researchers have begun to pinpoint the detailed circuitry that governs addiction. By rewiring those connections, they just might serve up a cure.

Beneath Arizona's Desert Lie Secrets of the Triassic
by Douglas Fox
Ancient stone beneath the Arizona desert could answer long-standing questions about dinosaur evolution — and hint at our solar system's possible fate.

Fighting Through the Fog of Concussion
by Clark Elliot
The trauma of a concussion left me struggling to reclaim my mind — and my life.