The stated mission of the magazine is to promote public understanding and appreciation of nature and science.
In 2002, the magazine was purchased from the Museum by a new company, headed at the time by Charles Harris.
[1] As of 2013 the magazine is published in North Carolina by Howard Richman.
Other regular columnists and contributing authors current or past include Marston Bates, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jared Diamond, Richard Dawkins, Norman D. Newell, Roger Welsch, and Thomas Nicholson.
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