A science magazine is a

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with news, opinions, and reports about

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, generally written for a non-

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s are read by non-scientists and

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s who want accessible information on fields outside their specialization. Articles in science magazines are sometimes republished or summarized by the general press. Horisont 1 1967 kaas

Examples of general science magazines

Africa

Asia

Bangladesh

Byapon
– Youth Science Magazine in Bengali * Bigganchin

BigganBarta
– Free PDF Science Magazine in Bengali
Bangachi (ব্যাঙাচি)
– Free Science Magazine in Bengali published by Banger Chhater Biggan * Biggan Ananda (বিজ্ঞান আনন্দ) - Published by Bangladesh Science Fiction Society (BSFS) * Zero to Infinity (জিরো টু ইনফিনিটি)

India

* ''Resonance'', published by

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Current Science ''Current Science'' is an English-language peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal. It was established in 1932 and is published by the Current Science Association along with the Indian Academy of Sciences. According to the ''Journal Cit ...

'' * '' Dream 2047'', published by Vigyan Prasar * ''Jnan o Bijnan'', published by Bangiya Bijnan Parishad * '' Sandarbh'' * ''

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Japan

* Newton press * Nikkei Science

Kazakhstan

* '' OYLA''

Pakistan

* Global Science

South Korea

* '' Donga Science''

Turkey

* ''

Bilim ve Teknik ''Bilim ve Teknik'' (English: ''Science and Technology'') is a Turkish popular science magazine, published monthly by the Scientific and Technological Research Council (, TÜBİTAK) of Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye ...

Europe

* '' EuroScientist''

Austria

* '' Universum''

Czechia

* ''

Vesmír ''Vesmír'' is a Czech science magazine that has been published since 1871. As of 2012, it was produced by the Czech Academy of Sciences The Czech Academy of Sciences (abbr. CAS, , abbr. AV ČR) was established in 1992 by the Czech Nationa ...

Denmark

* ''

Aktuel Naturvidenskab ''Aktuel Naturvidenskab'' (lit.: ''Current Science'') is a Danish language popular science magazine published in Aarhus, Denmark. Profile ''Aktuel Naturvidenskab'' is published by the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Aarhus ...

'' * '' Illustreret Videnskab''

Finland

* '' Tiede''

France

* ''

La Recherche ''La Recherche'' is a monthly French language popular science magazine covering recent scientific news. It is published by the Société d'éditions scientifiques (the ''Scientific Publishing Group''), a subsidiary of Financière Tallandier. Tallan ...

'' * '' Pour la Science'' * ''

Science & Vie ''Science & Vie'' (; ''Science and Life'') is a monthly science magazine published in France. Its headquarters is in Paris. History and profile The magazine was started in 1913 with the name ''La Science et la Vie''. In 1982, a spinoff computer m ...

Germany

* '' Laborjournal'' * '' Spektrum der Wissenschaft'' * '' Welt der Physik'' * ''

Science Notes Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...

Italy

* '' Popular Science Italia'' * '' Airone'' * ''

Focus Focus (: foci or focuses) may refer to: Arts * Focus or Focus Festival, former name of the Adelaide Fringe arts festival in East Australia Film *Focus (2001 film), ''Focus'' (2001 film), a 2001 film based on the Arthur Miller novel *Focus (2015 ...

'' * '' Le Scienze''

Netherlands

* Quest * Zenit

Poland

* Wiedza i Życie

Russia

* ''

Nauka i Zhizn ''Nauka i Zhizn'' (''Science and Life'', ) is a science magazine first issued during the years 1890–1900 in Russian Empire, and then since 1934 in the Soviet Union (and continued in the Russian Federation today). See also *Tekhnika Molodezhi ...

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Tekhnika Molodezhi ''Tekhnika Molodezhi'' (, "Technology for the Youth") is a Soviet, and eventually Russian popular science magazine which has been published monthly since 1933. History and profile ''Tekhnika Molodezhi'' was established in 1933. During the Soviet ...

'' * '' Kvant'' * ''

Vokrug sveta ''Vokrug sveta'' (, literally: "Around the World") is a Russian geographic magazine. It is the longest running magazine in the Russian language. The first issue was printed in Saint Petersburg, in December 1861, almost thirty years before the est ...

Serbia

* '' SciTech''

Sweden

* '' Illustrerad Vetenskap''

United Kingdom

* '' All About Space'' * '' BBC Focus'' * '' BBC Science Focus'' * '' BBC Sky at Night'' * ''

Laboratory News ''Laboratory News'' is a monthly science magazine aimed at scientists with a focus on laboratory equipment. Founded in 1971, the magazine covers all aspects of scientific discovery and advances in the laboratory sector. Laboratory News has two web ...

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New Scientist ''New Scientist'' is a popular science magazine covering all aspects of science and technology. Based in London, it publishes weekly English-language editions in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. An editorially separate organ ...

'' * ''

Physics World ''Physics World'' is the membership magazine of the Institute of Physics, one of the largest physical societies in the world. It is an international monthly magazine covering all areas of physics, pure and applied, and is aimed at physicists in ...

'' * '' Scientific European''

North America

United States

= General

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American Scientist ''American Scientist'' (informally abbreviated ''AmSci'') is an American bimonthly science and technology magazine published since 1913 by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society. In the beginning of 2000s the headquarters was moved to ...

'' * '' Behavioral Scientist'' * ''

Discover Discover may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media * ''Discover'' (album), a Cactus Jack album * ''Discover'' (magazine), an American science magazine * "Discover", a song by Chris Brown from his 2015 album ''Royalty'' Businesses and bran ...

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MIT Technology Review ''MIT Technology Review'' is a bimonthly magazine wholly owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was founded in 1899 as ''The Technology Review'', and was re-launched without "''The''" in its name on April 23, 1998, under then pu ...

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Popular Mechanics ''Popular Mechanics'' (often abbreviated as ''PM'' or ''PopMech'') is a magazine of popular science and technology, featuring automotive, home, outdoor, electronics, science, do it yourself, and technology topics. Military topics, aviation an ...

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Knowable Magazine ''Knowable Magazine'' is a non-profit, editorially independent online publication from science publisher Annual Reviews that discusses scientific discoveries and the significance of scholarly work in a journalistic style. The magazine uses inf ...

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Popular Science Popular science (also called pop-science or popsci) is an interpretation of science intended for a general audience. While science journalism focuses on recent scientific developments, popular science is more broad ranging. It may be written ...

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Quanta Magazine ''Quanta Magazine'' is an editorially independent online publication of the Simons Foundation covering developments in physics, mathematics, biology and computer science. History ''Quanta Magazine'' was initially launched as ''Simons Science ...

'' * ''

Science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ...

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Science News ''Science News'' (''SN'') is an American monthly magazine devoted to articles about new scientific and technical developments, typically gleaned from recent scientific and technical journals. The periodical has been described as having a scop ...

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Scientific American ''Scientific American'', informally abbreviated ''SciAm'' or sometimes ''SA'', is an American popular science magazine. Many scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla, have contributed articles to it, with more than 150 Nobel Pri ...

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= Astronomy/Aerospace

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Air & Space ''Air & Space/Smithsonian'' was a quarterly magazine published by the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city an ...

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Astronomy Astronomy is a natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and their overall evolution. Objects of interest includ ...

'' * '' Mercury'' * '' Planetary Report'' * ''

Sky & Telescope ''Sky & Telescope'' (''S&T'') is a monthly magazine covering all aspects of amateur and professional astronomy, including what to see in the sky tonight and new findings in astronomy. Other topics covered include: *observing guides for planets, ...

'' * '' Spinoff''

= Others

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Physics Today ''Physics Today'' is the membership magazine of the American Institute of Physics. First published in May 1948, it is issued on a monthly schedule, and is provided to the members of ten physics societies, including the American Physical Society. ...

'' * '' Scientific American Mind'' * '' The Scientist'' * ''

Skeptic Skepticism ( US) or scepticism ( UK) is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma. For example, if a person is skeptical about claims made by their government about an ongoing war then the p ...

'' * '' Technologist'' * ''

Weatherwise ''Weatherwise'' is a magazine founded in 1947 by American historian, meteorologist, and author David M. Ludlum. It covers weather and climate for weather enthusiasts as well as meteorologists and climatologists and is the only popular press p ...

Oceania

Australia

* '' Australasian Science'' * ''

Australian Geographic Australian Geographic is a media business that produces the ''Australian Geographic'' and Australian Geographic Adventure magazine, australiangeographic.com.au and operates, either itself or business partners, Australian Geographic stores, Aus ...

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Cosmos The cosmos (, ; ) is an alternative name for the universe or its nature or order. Usage of the word ''cosmos'' implies viewing the universe as a complex and orderly system or entity. The cosmos is studied in cosmologya broad discipline covering ...

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South America

Brazil

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Galileu ''Galileu'' is a science magazine in Brazil, which was founded in 1991. The magazine is owned by Editora Globo. ''Galileu'' was first called "Globo Ciência" (in English "Globo Science"). The current magazine is named after Galileo Galilei, or ' ...

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Superinteressante ''Superinteressante'' (Portuguese for "super interesting"), or ''Super'', is a Brazilian science and culture magazine. ''Super'' employs simple language to explain complex topics to the general public. It is published monthly since September 1987 b ...

'' * '' Ciência Hoje''

Chile

* ''

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Magazines A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...