''Knowable Magazine'' is a

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from science publisher Annual Reviews that discusses scientific discoveries and the significance of scholarly work in a journalistic style. The magazine uses information from Annual Reviews' 51 review journals as springboards for stories on topics such as health and disease, society, geography, environment and other science-related material, linking back to scholarly sources. As a non-profit publication, ''Knowable Magazine'' is supported by grants from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

History

Launched in October 2017, ''Knowable Magazine'' was '' Folio magazines 2018 Ozzie Award Winner for "Design, New Magazine" in the category "Consumer / Custom" and an Honoree for the 2020

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. It was a winner or honorable mention in multiple categories of the Folio Eddie and Ozzie Awards for 2018, 2019, and 2020. Awards that ''Knowable Magazine'' has received for its articles also include the 2020 Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award for distinguished popular writing from the

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(2020), Best Shortform Science Writing awards (2020, 2019, 2018), and Best Online Articles & Essays from '' Entropy Magazine'' (2018). ''Knowable'' is published in both English and Spanish.

Availability

''Knowable Magazine'' is available to read online without a subscription or other fees. The articles in the magazine are published under a CC BY-ND copyright license prohibiting

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