DISCOVER Magazine. Science, Technology and The Future
  • Log In
  • Subscribe
  • Give a Gift
  • Archives
  • Customer Service
  • Health & Medicine
  • Mind & Brain
  • Technology
  • Space
  • Human Origins
  • Living World
  • Environment
  • Physics & Math
  • Video
  • Photos
  • Podcast
  • RSS

Blogs / Discoblog

Melissa Lafsky


Posts By This Author

Balloon Boy Video Games Already Available on Web

Discoblog | October 22nd, 2009 in Technology Attacks! | 3 Comments »

Iceland to Save All Computer Servers (and the World)?

Discoblog | October 13th, 2009 in Pollution Solutions (& Disasters) | 7 Comments »

Weekly News Roundup: Giant Sea Blobs Attack!

Discoblog | October 9th, 2009 in Blog Roundup | 3 Comments »

The Washing Machine That Can Measure Your Sweat Stains

Discoblog | October 8th, 2009 in Pollution Solutions (& Disasters) | 7 Comments »

Real Economy Still Sucks; Virtual Economy Booming

Discoblog | October 5th, 2009 in Technology Attacks! | 3 Comments »

Fighting Child Obesity, One Bake Sale at a Time

Discoblog | October 5th, 2009 in Food, Nutrition, & More Food | 2 Comments »

The Ultimate in Sustainable Toys: A Placenta Teddy Bear

Discoblog | October 1st, 2009 in Pollution Solutions (& Disasters) | 6 Comments »

Weekly News Roundup: The Passion of Kirk Cameron

Discoblog | September 25th, 2009 in Blog Roundup | 1 Comment »

Woman Gets Pregnant…While Already Pregnant

Discoblog | September 25th, 2009 in Sex & Mating | 4 Comments »

Growing Pains Star Wages War on Darwin, Vandalizes Books

Discoblog | September 22nd, 2009 in The World According to Darwin | 29 Comments »

« Older Entries




    • About the Blog

      DiscoBlog is Discover's compendium of quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe.
    • Recent Posts

      • Weekly News Roundup: Hairless Bears, Narcoleptic Meerkats
      • Can an iPhone App Decipher Your Baby’s Cries?
      • LHC Shut Down By Wayward Baguette, Dropped by Bird Saboteur
      • Laser-Etched Fruit Is an Answer in Search of a Problem
      • Musical, Fahrvergnügen-Inspired Staircase Makes Commuters Less Lazy
    • Discoblog by Category

      • Blog Roundup
      • Contraceptives for Everyone/thing
      • Crime & Punishment
      • Diseases, Injuries, & Other Ailments
      • Events
      • Food, Nutrition, & More Food
      • Physics & Math. ’Nuff Said.
      • Pollution Solutions (& Disasters)
      • Scat-egory
      • Science Poem of the Week
      • Sex & Mating
      • Space & Aliens Therefrom
      • Technology Attacks!
      • The Ocean & All Its (Endangered) Wonders
      • The Wide (& Strange) World of Animals
      • The World According to Darwin
      • Uncategorized
      • What’s Inside Your Brain?
      • Where We Came From & Where We're Going
      • Worst Science Article of the Week
    • Discoblog by Month

    • Follow DISCOVER on Twitter!

    • RSS DISCOVER Blogs: Bad Astronomy

      • Carl Sagan Day live stream!
      • Reminder: Carl Sagan Day
      • Pray this doesn’t get passed
      • Careidolia
      • The Universe Has Us in Its Crosshairs
    • RSS DISCOVER Blogs: Cosmic Variance

      • You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
      • Makers of Universes
      • Are You a Cognitive Miser?
      • Fake Style
      • Unsolicited Advice X: How to Frame a Winning Proposal
    • RSS DISCOVER Blogs: The Loom

      • The Last Thing The Mosquitofish Saw
      • Alternative Landscapes
      • Tangled Bank News: An Excerpt and More
      • Podcast: An Embarrassment of Genomes
      • “Bug smut peddler Carl Zimmer”
    • RSS DISCOVER Blogs: 80beats

      • Are There Pesticides in Your Soup? Dunk a Pollution Dipstick to Find Out.
      • Ripped From the Journals: The Biggest Discoveries of the Week
      • Mother Tongue, Indeed: Newborn’s Cries Mimic Mama’s Accent
      • Can Your Pet Catch & Spread Swine Flu? Yes, If Your Pet’s a Ferret
      • Neutered HIV Virus Delivers Treatment to Fatally Ill Boys
    • RSS DISCOVER Blogs: Intersection

      • One Sick Puppy
      • Why Truth Loses
      • Slate Reply to Specter Up–We Need a National Dialogue on Synthetic Biology
      • Droid 2.0 Vs iPhone
      • Al Gore’s New Book: A Focus on Solutions


  • Privacy - Terms - Reader Services - Subscribe Today - Advertise - About Us