Pros: Excellent articles, many at the edge of known science Cons: One third of the magazine taken up with job placement ads
At my job I have had the rare pleasure to spend time doing research on the web looking for the latest advances in science and technology. I encapsulate those things of interest into a newsletter and send them out to folks interested in that kind of...
Pros: A stable source of insight, fun and attitude Cons: -
Really. This is the only magazine in any category that you ever need to read. Though if you do read New Scientist, chances are that you'll read a lot of other magazines too.
The main difference between New Scientist and most other popular...
Pros: Wide range of topicsSuitable for non experts and experts alikeFrequentCheap Cons: Nothing negative to say!
I am not a scientist by trade - when the time came, I chose to study languages and arts instead. Luckily, this magazine is less picky than the education system, and opens its pages to both scientists and laypeople alike. It is a serious, ...
Pros: Full of knowledge Cons: Has the habit of taking the mystery out of life, and raising more questions at the same time
Why wait to read scientific news from second hand sources, who get most of their data from New Scientist anyway. (it seems) Weeks, sometimes months before information hit daily media formats, I had read about the 'so-called' news.
So if you're sick...
Pros: accuracy reporting, great writing, great fun Cons: uneven delivery from overseas
New Scientist bagan in the 1960s as a rather political and sharp-edged review- sort of the voice of the angry young scientist at the time. The politics have mellowed somewhat as the young scientists of the 1960s have become the senior faculty or today,...
Pros: up-to-date science for all tastes Cons: too much to read in one week
I have been reading New Scientist ever since I was a teenager in high school. Over twenty years later, I still like to pick it up and thumb through. When I first began reading it I was a pox-marked kid fascinated by the world around me and eager to...
Pros: Aimed at scientifically educated readers Cons: Aimed at scientifically educated readers
As a writer of science-oriented material on the internet, I need to keep up to date on the latest, most cutting-edge research results. For this, my most timely and informative resource is New Scientist a British magazine that is packed with...
Pros: well-written science news Cons: could go into more depth
New Scientist has good, thorough coverage of a range of science and technology issues, from theoretical physics to global warming. The writing does not assume that the reader is a scientist--only that s/he is interested in science.
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