Pluto a planet again? And why you're more like Dad than you think

SUBSCRIBE DIGITAL | RENEW | GIFT Discover Newsletter:  03/05/2015 Pluto a Planet Again? It May Happen This Year Explorations of Pluto and Ceres could show that both deserve to be deemed planets.   DISCOVER BLOGS INKFISH Shy Crabs Make the Most Sperm Hermit crabs that are the shyest have the most to offer the ladies.  MORE  |            D-BRIEF Quiz: What’s the Diagnosis? From a list of symptoms can you give a diagnosis for these 10 medical conditions?  MORE  |            BODY HORRORS Mo’ Farms, Mo’ (Plague) Problems An ancient microbe has adapted to exploit modern conditions in east Africa.  MORE  |            COLLIDE-A-SCAPE Why Did Bill Nye Change His View on GMOs? A visit to Monsanto seems to have sparked a change of heart for the scientist.  MORE  |            D-BRIEF Genetically Speaking, You’re More Like Your Dad Mammals express more of genes that come from dad than those that come from mom.  MORE  |            SERIOUSLY, SCIENCE? Scientists Compose Music For Cats Listen to the music that gets cats jazzed up.  MORE  |              THIS MONTH IN DISCOVER MAGAZINE Are Darwin's Finches One Species or Many? Greg Breining Darwin’s finches are icons of evolution, but scientists disagree about what exactly they represent.  MORE  |            The Numbers Game Gemma Tarlach Astrophysicist Mario Livio talks about the math underlying life, the universe and everything.  MORE  |            Relativity's Long String of Successful Predictions Adam Hadhazy Six examples of how Einstein's general theory of relativity has stood the test of (space-)time.  MORE  |            Clarity for Florida's Springs Cynthia Barnett What's behind the steady algal takeover of these aquatic treasures?  MORE  |              RECENT PHOTO GALLERIES  Six Extinct Animals, and How We Can Bring Them Back  The Human Body Under the Microscope  8 Discoveries Astronomers Didn’t Mean to Make