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[Closed] Recommend general science news/media website.

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I was a digital subscriber to New Scientist, but couldn't justify the price I paid for the amount I actually read. I'd read a few articles after subscribing then forget about it.

Currently looking at Science News, but what what recommendations do you have please?

 
Posted : 04/11/2021 8:13 pm
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https://www.sciencedaily.com

 
Posted : 04/11/2021 10:42 pm
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I use Flipboard, you can specify the type of news you’re interested in when you set it up. Been using it from the beginning, I get a lot of science news, as well as music, literature, aviation, all sorts of things, really.

 
Posted : 04/11/2021 11:46 pm
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Ah thanks Flipboard sounds good.

 
Posted : 05/11/2021 12:07 am
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I like ARS Techinca, it's not just science but if that's all you want you could head straight to their science section;
https://arstechnica.com/science/

 
Posted : 05/11/2021 4:53 pm
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ARS Techinca here also

 
Posted : 05/11/2021 5:02 pm
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Does your library provide Libby access? You can read New Scientist for free online that way (and 100's of other magazines)

 
Posted : 05/11/2021 5:51 pm
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This is free and excellent I think:

https://knowablemagazine.org/

 
Posted : 05/11/2021 6:07 pm
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If you've got a bit of a science base you could look at Nature or Science. Two most important, most opinion-forming scientific journals in the world which cover the entirety of science, plus a lot of commentary and summaries of the papers written for a general audience. Even the primary papers are meant to be written in an accessible style.

This is the source material for a lot of the science that gets reported in the wider media, and I believe most of the stuff is open access now (at least Nature).

https://www.nature.com/

https://www.science.org/

You wouldn't expect to just browse them like a magazine, a lot of it will be impenetrable, but there's so much there and it defines what is currently considered important in Science (actual scientists may disagree!)

 
Posted : 05/11/2021 6:26 pm
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Another vote for ARS technica from me

 
Posted : 06/11/2021 9:23 am
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Graham Hancock's News Desk has some interesting articles from various science, nature and history publications. It's worth dipping into once in a while if that sort of thing floats your boat.

https://grahamhancock.com/news/

 
Posted : 06/11/2021 2:19 pm
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This is good - updates from UK universities, and not only science, but a broader perspective. Not an "all the science news" source but useful.

https://theconversation.com/uk

 
Posted : 06/11/2021 3:29 pm