Discover Magazine media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media places Discover Magazine in the centre. We have seen it on 11 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Discover Magazine biased?
Ad Fontes Media places Discover Magazine in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Discover Magazine left or right?
Ad Fontes Media places Discover Magazine in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is Discover Magazine reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Discover Magazine are Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Discover Magazine has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Discover Magazine’s own report linked underneath.
Researchers have identified a new wild cat species, Leopardus tilcayo, in Bolivia's Yungas forest. The small feline, measuring about 45-46 cm and weighing 1.4 kg, is the first new wild cat species described in more than 100 years.
Discover Magazine reported it asCub Found in Bolivia Helped Uncover the First New Cat Species Named in Over a Century (opens Discover Magazine in a new tab)
A new study reveals that young chimpanzees develop unique vocal patterns specific to their populations as they mature. These differences, observed in grunts, whimpers, and laughter, become more pronounced as the animals age, challenging previous assumptions about the fixed nature of chimpanzee calls.
Discover Magazine reported it asYoung Chimpanzees Develop Distinct Vocal Accents That Become Stronger With Age (opens Discover Magazine in a new tab)
Higher levels of the popular sugar substitute xylitol have been associated with a significantly greater risk of heart attack and stroke, according to new research. The analysis examined data from over 17,000 individuals, finding those with xylitol in their blood were at increased risk of major cardiovascular events.
Discover Magazine reported it asHigh Blood Levels of Popular Sweetener Xylitol Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Risk (opens Discover Magazine in a new tab)
NASA's Roman Space Telescope has successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The observatory is designed to study dark matter, dark energy, and exoplanets, collecting vast amounts of data to deepen our understanding of the universe.
Discover Magazine reported it asThe Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Will Now Travel Almost One Million Miles to Reveal Mysteries of the Universe (opens Discover Magazine in a new tab)
Researchers used buried organic cotton underwear as an indicator of soil biological activity. The experiment, involving nearly 1,000 volunteers across Switzerland, found that land use was the most significant factor influencing decomposition rates, with private gardens showing the highest activity.
Discover Magazine reported it as2,000 Pairs of Buried Underwear Helped Measure Soil Health in This Unusual Experiment (opens Discover Magazine in a new tab)
Bearded capuchin monkeys hunt small animals like lizards and rodents when plant foods are scarce, according to a study published in PLOS One. Male monkeys hunt more frequently and target more dangerous prey than females, and both sexes prefer the fat-rich brains and guts of their prey.
Discover Magazine reported it asCapuchin Monkeys Hunt Small Vertebrates When Fruit Runs Low, Eating Brains and Organs First (opens Discover Magazine in a new tab)
Researchers observed 6,000 fin whales, 6,000 humpback whales and 4,000 bowhead whales in East Greenland in summer 2024, a shift attributed to melting sea ice. The study, published in Frontiers in Marine Science, calls the change a major ecological regime shift.
Discover Magazine reported it asWhales Once Rare Along East Greenland Now Gather by the Thousands in Feeding Frenzies (opens Discover Magazine in a new tab)
A University of Vienna study used brain scans of twelve dogs to show that happy human faces activate the temporal cortex and caudate nucleus, while anger, fear and sadness produce distinct neural patterns. The findings, published in iScience, suggest dogs can differentiate between specific emotions.
Discover Magazine reported it asHow a Cat Person Helped Reveal Dogs' Ability to Distinguish Human Emotions (opens Discover Magazine in a new tab)
Scientists used CRISPR to edit a gene in beagles, producing two dogs whose saliva and hair no longer contain the main allergy-causing protein. The beagles were born in September 2024 and tested on a researcher with dog allergies, who showed no reaction to their samples.
Discover Magazine reported it asA New Gene Editing Technique May Reduce Some CRISPR Risks, But Raises Ethical Concerns (opens Discover Magazine in a new tab)
Researchers used CRISPR to edit a gene in beagles, producing two puppies without the main allergy-causing protein. The study, published in the CRISPR Journal, found the dogs' saliva and fur lacked the protein, and a scientist with severe allergies showed no reaction. Ethical concerns about shelter adoptions were raised.
Discover Magazine reported it asA New Gene Editing Technique May Reduce Some CRISPR Risks, But Raises Ethical Concerns (opens Discover Magazine in a new tab)
A study of ancient DNA has provided the first direct genetic evidence that European colonisers introduced smallpox to the Americas. All six outlets reporting the story led on the confirmation of long-held historical accounts, with no left-rated outlet covering the findings.
Discover Magazine reported it asAncient Smallpox DNA Hidden in Two Chilean Mummies Traces the Disease’s Colonial Arrival (opens Discover Magazine in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Ad Fontes MediacenterCheck it
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Very high factuality
- Media Bias/Fact CheckhighCheck it
Who owns it
- LabX Media GroupCorporationdirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, United States
- Official site
- discovermagazine.com
- Seen publishing on
- discovermagazine.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 11
- Reports listed
- 11
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
10 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. Discover Magazine is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 11 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than Discover Magazine’s on 2 of them. Overall it filed a median of 21 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 19 September 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 19 September 2026. Ratings pulled 4 September 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Discover Magazine, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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What we are responsible for is everything else: the ownership chain, where Discover Magazine publishes from, which of our stories we have listed it on, and whether we have the right publisher at all. Tell us what is wrong and an editor reads it.
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Every rating on this page is a named third party’s published work, republished with its author and, where one exists, a link to it. Our own coverage record is the section we measure ourselves. Neither is a judgement of any individual report: those are scored story by story, and the reasoning is on our methodology page.