Discover is a science magazine that publishes articles about science for a general audience. The first issue was published in 1980, and it is published monthly. It was owned by the Walt Disney Company, but in 2005 was sold to Bob Guccione Jr., founder of Spin and Gear magazines.

Trivia

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Discover magazine frequently runs one fake article in their April edition as an April Fool's joke. The articles are often so outrageous that they are hard to miss, yet the next month's issue frequently has angry letters from readers who feel misled or quote bad science. Examples have included the discovery of the "Bigon" [http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/comments/891 (a subatomic particle the size of a bowling ball) and of the "Hotheaded Naked Ice Borer" (an Antarctic predator resembling a Naked Mole Rat that burrows through ice). See nihilartikel.

External links

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• discover.com — Discover Magazine homepage

Science and technology magazines | United States magazines | Walt Disney Company subsidiaries

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