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by dcminter·17y ago·view on hn ↗
Hmm. I would say more like 50/50 these days sadly. Quite a few of the issues over the last couple of years have had borderline crank science articles as the main feature. They also now have lots of dull ID v. Science articles, plus other non-science columns cluttering up the limited space. The amount of space wasted on consciously artistic illustrations of articles for which a damn photograph would be far more informative is also vexing.

I'm thinking of cancelling the subscription and swapping back over to Nature. The content's far less accessible in Nature but more pithy.

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Yeah, Nature's great. I really think it's the best general science magazine / journal out there. I feel like they've managed to hit a nice level of accessibility in that if you've got a scientific background you can still get a whole lot of what's in there even if it's in a field you don't know well. I've debated subscribing several times, but can't justify the relatively high cost given the amount that I'd have time to read. I used to religiously read their feature of the week during the years that it was online for download.