Knowable Magazine
{{Short description|Nonprofit, mission-driven magazine for science communication}}
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| editor = Eva Emerson
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| category = Popular science, science journalism
| frequency = Weekly
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| publisher = Annual Reviews
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| firstdate = October 2017
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| country = United States
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| language = English
| website = {{URL|https://knowablemagazine.org}}
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Knowable Magazine is a non-profit, editorially independent online publication 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.nasw.org/article/sciencewriters-knowable-magazine-set-launch| title=Knowable Magazine set to launch| website=National Association of Science Writers| access-date=20 August 2020| date=26 October 2017}}{{Cite journal|last1=Emerson|first1=Eva |first2=Richard |last2=Gallagher |date=1 June 2018|title=In the know: Knowable Magazine aims to cover the significance of research in a compelling fashion, write Eva Emerson and Richard Gallagher |journal=Research Information|volume=96|pages=25|via=GALE |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA584603012&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=17448026&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E1524faf0}}
History
Launched in October 2017, Knowable Magazine was Folio magazine's 2018 Ozzie Award Winner for "Design, New Magazine" in the category "Consumer / Custom"
and an Honoree for the 2020 Webby Awards.{{cite web |title=Knowable Magazine from Annual Reviews |url=https://winners.webbyawards.com/2020/websites/general-websites/science/114341/knowable-magazine-from-annual-reviews |website=The Webby Awards |access-date=22 June 2021}} It was a winner or honorable mention in multiple categories of the Folio Eddie and Ozzie Awards for 2018,{{cite web |title=2018 Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards |url=https://www.foliomag.com/go/2018-eddie-and-ozzie-awards/ |website=Folio Magazine |access-date=22 June 2021}} 2019,{{cite web |title=2019 Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards |url=https://www.foliomag.com/go/2019-eddie-and-ozzie-awards/ |website=Folio Magazine |access-date=22 June 2021}} and 2020.{{cite web |title=2020 Folio: Eddie & Ozzie Awards |url=https://www.foliomag.com/go/2020-eddie-and-ozzie-awards/ |website=Folio Magazine |access-date=22 June 2021}} 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 American Astronomical Society (2020),{{cite web |title=AAS Division For Planetary Sciences Announces 2020 Prize Winners |date=14 August 2020 |url=https://dps.aas.org/news/aas-division-planetary-sciences-announces-2020-prize-winners |website=American Astronomical Society (AAS) |access-date=22 June 2021}} Best Shortform Science Writing awards (2020,{{cite web |last1=Crow |first1=Diana |title=Best Shortform Science Writing: July-December 2020 |date=2020 |url=https://medium.com/scishortform/best-shortform-science-writing-july-december-2020-3fd30e4ad2b5 |website=SciShortform |access-date=22 June 2021}} 2019,{{cite web |last1=Crow |first1=Diana |title=Best Shortform Science Writing: January-March 2019 |date=May 13, 2019 |url=https://medium.com/scishortform/best-shortform-science-writing-january-march-2019-76f09d256db7 |website=SciShortform |access-date=22 June 2021}} 2018{{cite web |last1=Crow |first1=Diana |title=Best Shortform Science Writing: April-June 2018 |date=2018 |url=https://medium.com/scishortform/best-shortform-science-writing-april-june-2018-a3be1937562 |website=SciShortform |access-date=22 June 2021}}), and Best Online Articles & Essays from Entropy Magazine (2018).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Best of 2018: Best Online Articles & Essays |date=December 6, 2018 |url=https://entropymag.org/best-of-2018-best-online-articles-essays/ |website=Entropy |access-date=July 6, 2021 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628165424/https://entropymag.org/best-of-2018-best-online-articles-essays/ |url-status=dead }} {{As of|2022|10|13|df=US}} Knowable is published in both English and Spanish.{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=Knowable magazine reporting on global science |url=https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/967887 |access-date=14 October 2022 |work=EurekAlert |date=October 13, 2022}}
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.{{cite web |title=Annual Reviews |url=https://www.itmsgroup.net/products/annual-reviews/ |website=itmsgroup.net |date=29 December 2020 |access-date=23 June 2021}} Major national and international publications including The Atlantic,{{cite web |title=Knowable Magazine |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/author/knowable/ |website=The Atlantic |access-date=22 June 2021}} PBS NewsHour,{{cite web |title=Knowable |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/tag/knowable |website=PBS NewsHour |access-date=22 June 2021}} Scientific American,{{cite web |title=Stories from Knowable Magazine |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/knowable-magazine/ |website=Scientific American |access-date=22 June 2021}} Smithsonian,{{cite web |title= How the Pandemic Has Revealed the Promise and Perils of Life Lived Online |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-pandemic-has-revealed-promise-perils-life-lived-online-180977982/ |website=Smithsonian |access-date=22 June 2021}} Discover,{{cite web |title="The Imagination Effect: A History of Placebo Power" By Rosie Mestel, Knowable Magazine, May 19, 2021 |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/the-imagination-effect-a-history-of-placebo-power |website=Discover |access-date=22 June 2021}} the BBC,{{cite web |title=Future Planet / Climate change: The world's forgotten greenhouse gas |url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210603-nitrous-oxide-the-worlds-forgotten-greenhouse-gas |website=BBC |access-date=22 June 2021}} The Washington Post{{cite news |title=Science: Why do bats have so many viruses? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/why-do-bats-have-so-many-viruses/2020/07/10/0327f584-b65e-11ea-a8da-693df3d7674a_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=22 June 2021}} and Ars Technica{{Cite web |title=Knowable Magazine |url=https://arstechnica.com/author/knowable/ |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Ars Technica}} have republished articles from Knowable Magazine.
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