As connectivity deepens through new air routes, highways, and digital corridors, the Northeast is emerging as India’s natural ...

Earth's magnetic field is like an all-encompassing shield, mostly deflecting charged particles that are launched from the sun. But this shield isn't flawless; it has weak points that leave openings ...

Nervous system functions, from motion to perception to cognition, depend on the active zones of neural circuit connections (synapses) sending out the right amount of their chemical signals at the ...

Jack Knudson is an assistant editor for Discover Magazine who writes articles on space, ancient humans, animals, and sustainability, and manages the Planet Earth column of the print issue. View Full ...

An average smartphone contains about 0.034 grams of gold, tiny in each device, but millions of phones make those bits add up ...

A physics-based model shows why complex systems collapse quickly and recover slowly, connecting human brains and global markets.

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When two inverters are connected in parallel, they share the same input (battery or solar supply) and output (AC load). This ...

SINKER is an innovative new instrument equipped with advanced microscopes and cameras to collect detailed data about carbon ...

Australia’s richest person, iron ore billionaire Gina Rinehart, has added a second title to her name. She is now also a rare earth billionaire. China’s weaponization of rare earth exports in its trade ...