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2009 EDITORIAL CALENDAR

January/February

DOUBLE ISSUE: Year in Science

DISCOVER’s best-selling annual issue covers the 100 most important, wonderful, and weird science stories from the past year. This time it is an expanded double issue that includes more in-depth coverage, newsmaker interviews, and the best science photography of the year.

March

Special Section: The Robotics Revolution

New perspectives on robotics, along with the latest research on intelligent computers, unmanned warfare, and an exclusive look inside Hanson Studios, where humanoid robots come to life. Companion piece to a roundtable organized in partnership with the National Science Foundation.

April

Special Section: Energy

A look at what’s coming next in energy technology, and a conversation with three climate change contrarians. Plus: We explore the newest, weirdest ideas in physics: Events that happen backward in time, particles that defy the theory of relativity, the physics of free will, and 3 radical theories that explain where all the laws of nature come from.

May

Special Section: Destination Science

Expanding on our new travel section, we highlight ten mind-expanding yet accessible ways to experience science in person during your summer vacation.

June

Special Section: Frontiers of Medicine

Health research is venturing to amazing places. Will we finally cure cancer? Learn how to stop the aging process? And what about all of the forgotten diseases? Plus: Building the next-generation Internet.

July/August

DOUBLE ISSUE: Invisible Planet

How much of the universe around us exists sight unseen? How much of the unknown reality affects our everyday lives? And how is the once-indistinguishable transforming into public visibility? DISCOVER unveils the unobservable natural and man made elements surrounding us, asking the reader, "Do you have to see it to believe it?"

September

Special Section: Computing the Future

We will define this broadly to include everything from predicting climate to creating a digital bacterium to simulating how galaxies form. Companion piece to a roundtable organized in partnership with the National Science Foundation.

October

ANNIVERSARY ISSUE: The 30 Most Amazing Theories in Science

In the 2009 Anniversary Issue, DISCOVER inspires hunger for knowledge by investigating the great mysteries of science. Probing into scientific findings and answering questions to the “who, what, where, when and why’s” of our existence, this thought-provoking issue provides insightful, imaginative and intriguing editorial, guaranteed to fascinate the curious mind.

November

Special Section: Worlds Without End

We tour the newfound planets around other stars, including several worlds that are remarkably like our Earth. Also, a stunning portfolio of the latest views of the solar system, and surprising new science about the familiar old Moon.

December

The Best of Hot Science

DISCOVER recognizes the most important, entertaining, and amazing science media of the year. Whatever your interest—books, movies, TV, games, travel—we will tell you what to buy, what to read, what to watch, what to play, and where to go.

NOTE: Editorial calendar subject to change.