''Knowable Magazine'' is a non-profit, editorially independent
online publication
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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 & disease, society, geography, environment and other science-related material, linking back to scholarly sources. As a nonprofit publication, ''Knowable Magazine'' is supported by grants from the
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
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and the
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
History
Launched in October 2017,
''Knowable Magazine'' was ''
Folio magazine
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s 2018 Ozzie Award Winner for "Design, New Magazine" in the category "Consumer / Custom"
and an Honoree for the 2020
Webby Awards
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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 The Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award was established by the Division for Planetary Sciences to recognize and stimulate distinguished popular writing on planetary sciences. The winning author (or authors) receives (or divide) a p ...
for distinguished popular writing from the
American Astronomical Society
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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
derivative works
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.
Major national and international publications including ''
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Scientific American
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