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This month’s Discover Magazine leads with an article exploring the String Theory. Another investigates the level of carbon dioxide we produce in our daily lives.

Read how the people of the forest are rapidly disappearing leaving the people of the deserts as the winners.

And what of the Parasite from Hell? Plasmodium falciparum—the malaria pathogen—has grown resistant to chloroquine and other drugs and this has prompted a desperate quest for new remedies.

The article The Mother of Gardens explores the Chinese origins of many typical American plants such as the rhododendron and the work of the scientists in China collecting and cataloging specimens.

A fun alternative to the National Magazine Awards is the Best 50 Magazines as decided by the Tempo staff at the Chicago Tribune. For the last three years they have been compiling their own list of personal favorites.

They ranked the top 10 as: Blender, National Geographic Traveler, Vanity Fair, Wired, Cook’s Illustrated, New York, People, Vogue, People en Espanol and Metropolis.

What’s really interesting reading is the justification that goes along with each magazine.

You can see the full list of Tempo’s 50 Best Magazines, 2005 at the Chicago Tribune website.

The latest National Magazine Awards were presented in April 2005 – these awards have been around for about 40 years and honor editorial excellence and encourage editorial vitality. The award program is sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) in association with the Graduate School of Journalism of Columbia University.

The selection process is 2-step: firstly entries are reviewed by a judging panel, which recommends a group of finalists; a second judging panel then chooses one winner in each category.

There are a number of Award categories including Leisure Interests, Public Interests, Design, Fiction, Essays, Reporting and even a General Excellence Online Award.

The General Excellence Award is categorized by circulation and this year included such mags as: Glamour, The New Yorker, Wired, Martha Stewart Weddings, Dwell and Print.

You can see the full list of awards at the ASME web site.

Only recetnly have I discovered Scientific american. I knew it as the magazine that always lay on the table beside my father’s chair - and when Dad was reading it we kids had to try real hard to get his attention - it took a huge commotion to drag him away from HIS MAG.

This month in Cosmopolitan, you can read an interview with Kate Hudson revealing her views on motherhood, marriage and her new movie.

Plus, learn to love being naked with 17 body-confidence boosters and sizzling sex tips to end your summer with a bang.

Find the best jeans for your shape and more!

This month in Redbook discover Diane Lane and who she really is as an actress, wife and mother.

Plus, learn how to get in sync in the sack, get everything you want, give him the love he needs and much, much more!

This month in Country Living read how a kitchen gets a period-appropriate makeover, inspired by minty green vintage collections and flea market finds.

You’ll also read how a weekend retreat ignites its owner’s passion for gardening and there are easy ideas for last-minute get-togethers and recipes for homemade lemonade and more!