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 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.
[5] 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: Soter... defended the account in dialogue with Discover magazine’s Corey Powell, who studied history and science at Harvard.
Powell won this blog debate with Sotor by pointing to more evidence against Bruno as the "lone wolf" discoverer of some things now known to be true.
Near the end of this blog, Powell, perhaps speaking for Discover as a popular science venue, said, "I greatly admire the entire Cosmos project, which is why I am being so critical here.