Recommendations for a good monthly science magazine?

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I decided to post this question in the Philosophy forum, since empirical science would fall under the philosophical branch of epistemology (right? 🙂 )

I was just wondering if anyone could recommend a good monthly scientific magazine. I have a bachelors in biology. My current job allows me to have access to many prestigious scientific journals. But my branch of biology is only one small part of the many different empirical sciences out there (astronomy, chemistry, physics, etc. etc.) and I miss my college days when I was able to learn a larger breadth of different sciences.

I was thinking of Popular Science, but I know they tend to have a liberal bias at times, especially when it comes to their articles on evolution and the conclusions they draw, but I’m usually able to just skim past this stuff and see through the authors’ agendas. Plus, P.S. also has some really cool DIY projects, and that appeals to me too. I know there’s also Scientific American magazine as well.

I know there’s lots of great INTERNET sites, but I’d like to have a good old fashioned paper magazine to get each month. Also, I’d like it to be fairly affordable.

Thanks for any recommendations!
 
I grew up in a house in which my parents regularly read both. I think Scientific American was the more "esoteric’ one, and still is. Our favorite as the kids in the home, though, was Science Digest. Don’t know if it’s still published, although I think they changed quite a bit since the 1970s. But then, hasn’t everything?:rolleyes:
 
What about “Science”? I work for a firm that deals with a narrow branch of science. Several of our scientists get this magazine for just the reasons you mention. I think it’s a little more serious (if that’s the right term) than Scientific American but not quite as scholarly as some of the journals that are more specific in focus.
 
Science News.

Very good magazine, I used to read my fathers subscription.
I think they are online now.
Snippets from around the world as well as more in depth articles.
 
Jim said:
I decided to post this question in the Philosophy forum, since empirical science would fall under the philosophical branch of epistemology (right? 🙂 )

I was just wondering if anyone could recommend a good monthly scientific magazine. I have a bachelors in biology. My current job allows me to have access to many prestigious scientific journals. But my branch of biology is only one small part of the many different empirical sciences out there (astronomy, chemistry, physics, etc. etc.) and I miss my college days when I was able to learn a larger breadth of different sciences.

I was thinking of Popular Science, but I know they tend to have a liberal bias at times, especially when it comes to their articles on evolution and the conclusions they draw, but I’m usually able to just skim past this stuff and see through the authors’ agendas. Plus, P.S. also has some really cool DIY projects, and that appeals to me too. I know there’s also Scientific American magazine as well.

I know there’s lots of great INTERNET sites, but I’d like to have a good old fashioned paper magazine to get each month. Also, I’d like it to be fairly affordable.

Thanks for any recommendations!
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I subscribe to* Nature*, the International Weekly Journal of Science. You probably have access to it. I get an e-mail notice each week describing the issue’s contents. Most of Nature’s content is beyond me. However, the large variety of subjects keeps me interested as well as expanding my knowledge. I especially appreciate the background chatter in book reviews, correspondence, etc., and sometimes in research articles.

I subscribe to *Science *because of my interest in paleoanthropology, human genetics, and Francisco Ayala’s 1995 bombshell. It, too, has a variety of subjects. Again, most of it is beyond me. Science, a weekly journal, also sends me e-mail notices. Because I am hesitant about media stories, I like the ability to access the actual research paper and read the methods and materials sections as well as the comments in the abstract and conclusion.
 
My interests are in the fields of engineering, aircraft, spacecraft, space exploration etc., so I enjoy reading “Smithsonian Air & Space.”

(Although, it is not actually a monthly magazine; new issues come out every two months.)
 
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