iD (Ideas & Discoveries)

iD (Ideas & Discoveries) is an intriguing science and technology magazine that delves deep to help readers discover answers to questions about science, nature, psychology, history, current events and more. With captivating photography and design and engaging editorial content, iD will have readers thinking about the world around them in a whole new way.

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How do you surf the world’s biggest waves… …when you can’t see them? • DEREK RABELO can feel the water rising beneath his board as he hears the ocean roaring louder and louder all around him. The tiniest mistake, the briefest moment of inattention could be deadly. And no one can say afterward that he should have seen it coming: 28-year-old Derek Rabelo is blind…

The Fascinating Secrets of SPRING • Before Mother Nature can offer up scenes like this one and those on the pages that follow, a gigantic movement must take place from south to north across the Northern Hemisphere. It releases more energy than the world’s population consumes in an entire year and reactivates more creatures than the total number of human beings who have ever lived.

WILL A DINOSAUR SOON BE CLONED? • With their huge teeth and claws, killer instinct, and formidable appearance, dinosaurs are among the most frightening predators in Earth’s history, and we are fortunate to have never occupied the planet at the same time. But now researchers could be on the verge of bringing the enormous reptilian creatures back to life…

Was DIPLODOCUS a GENTLE GIANT?

How TERRIFYING Were VELOCIRAPTORS?

How Do You Find the DNA of a HYPACROSAURUS?

What Did Dinosaurs Really Look Like?

ARE WE ALL GETTING DUMBER OVER TIME? • IQ scores were on the rise ever since the first intelligence test was invented more than a century ago. But in recent years the trend appears to be slowing down or even reversing. Have we passed the peak of intellectual development? Professor Jakob Pietschnig explains why IQ scores seem to be falling—and how the decline can be mitigated.

What does what in the BRAIN?

Can intelligence be BOOSTED endlessly?

INCREASING YOUR IQ…

SMARTER IN 60 SECONDS Intelligence

Will Our View of THE STARS Soon Be Only a Fond Memory? • If you go outside at night, it may take your eyes half an hour to fully adapt to the dark. But then—if there’s no Moon—you can see a myriad of stars in the evening sky. How many of them are visible to the naked eye? Some estimates say 5,000 if there are no clouds and you’re far from city lights. The question is: for how much longer?

THE BIRTH OF A NEW CONSTELLATION

THE FLAWED HEROES OF HISTORY • They are generally considered to be guiding lights and reformers who served as role models for subsequent generations. But were they really? Some of history’s heroes harbored dark secrets…

WHOSE MAIN OBJECTIVE WAS NOT LIBERATION

WHO ADDICTED A NATION

WITH WOMEN ON HIS CONSCIENCE

WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR THE HOLOCAUST

WHO WAS INVOLVED IN A MURDER

WHO WAS JUDGE, JURY, AND EXECUTIONER

WHO BROUGHT SUFFERING AND DEATH TO AMERICA

WHO STARVED A NATION

THE OLD LADY AND THE BOMB B-52 STRATOFORTRESS • They’ve been flying for almost 70 years and are equipped with up to 20 nuclear weapons. Bold and resilient, the B-52 bombers of the U.S. Air Force are still writing aviation history. But they are not always 100% reliable…

HOW MANY WEAPONS SHOULD BE ENTRUSTED TO A 60-YEAR-OLD?

GRAY AMAZONS

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