Corey S. Powell

Corey Stevenson Powell (born January 7, 1966) is an American science writer and journalist, particularly known for his writing for Discover magazine, of which he became Editor-in-Chief in 2012, and his longstanding collaboration with Bill Nye. Powell co-authored three books with Nye, and as of 2019 co-hosted a podcast with Nye as well.

Early life, education Powell graduated from Harvard University with a degree in history and science, with his senior thesis, published in 1988, being on "J. Homer Lane and the Internal Structure of the Sun." Powell became a writer for Discover and in 2002 published his first book, God in the Equation : How Einstein Transformed Religion. Powell contended therein that traditional forms of religion are giving way to a new cultural fusion of science and mysticism, which Powell called sci/religion. Powell felt that this was brought about to a great degree by Albert Einstein's own embrace of the deistic elements of Spinozism. Reviews were somewhat mixed, with reviewers finding Powell to have strained too hard to find a religious theme in modern science. He has additionally been a SHERP visiting scholar at New York University. In 2014, Powell notably disputed the account written by astrophysicist Steven Soter in the segment of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey addressing the story of Giordano Bruno, the dispute described as follows:

Powell has co-authored three books with Bill Nye: Everything All at Once: How to Unleash Your Inner Nerd, Tap Into Radical Curiosity, and Solve Any Problem (July 11, 2017) Unstoppable: Harnessing Science to Change the World (Nov 10, 2015) Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation (Nov 4, 2014)

Beginning in 2019, Powell co-hosted Nye's podcast, of which Nye commented that Powell was "very well read about the news of science, and he offers charming commentary".