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Learn more about the possible prevention strategies for the 2024 YR4 asteroid, which was previously thought to pose a threat to Earth, and is now thought to be heading towards the moon.

Learn about all the ways you can help reduce allergens and other impurities in your home as you begin closing up the windows for winter. Monica Cull is a Digital Editor/Writer for Discover Magazine ...

Learn about a 480-million-year-old leech fossil that revealed that ancient leeches didn’t have the biological components necessary to suck blood. Stephanie Edwards is the marketing coordinator at ...

Learn about how chemical fossils helped researchers identify one of Earth’s earliest animals: a sea sponge from the Ediacaran Period. Stephanie Edwards is the marketing coordinator at Discover ...

Learn more about how researchers track water movement through a technique called fingerprinting at Yellowstone National Park.

Epiphanies don’t just arrive after major life events; instead, intentional daydreaming can spark insights that boost creativity at work. Jenny Lehmann is an assistant editor at Discover Magazine who ...

Learn more about the carvings of camels, gazelles, and ibexes that helped humans thrive in the Nefud Desert around 2,000 years earlier than traditionally thought. Sam Walters is the associate editor ...

Learn more about a jewelry-making site from the Châtelperronian culture, a tradition tied to the Neanderthal-to-modern human transition in Western Europe.

Learn why some primates consume mushrooms, a dietary decision that our ancient hominin ancestors may have also chosen.

Learn more about the Quasi-moons and mini-moons that sometimes get caught in our orbit and how they could offer mining opportunities.

Learn about an exciting new mRNA vaccine that could prevent a wide variety of allergies, and even help those with asthma and celiac disease.