Discover August 2017

Features

Under Pressure
By Christopher Tedeschi
A patient with pain complaints but no sign of a serious condition is actually a ticking time bomb with a deadly malady.

The Desert's Living Skin
By Katherine Mast
A blanket of tiny plants and organisms keeps drylands healthy. But what happens when they disappear?

Meet the Next-Generation Space Telescope
By Korey Haynes
Even with the James Webb Space Telescope set to launch next year, NASA has plans for a bigger and more powerful space observatory to continue the quest to find other pale blue dots in the universe.

The Body Electric
By Stephen Ornes
A scientist's innovative work harnesses the body's movements to improve medical devices.