[quakeguy]

Nautil.us seems to be very popular around HN at least, i do like their articles too, a lot. But surely it isn't written for the "masses" (excuse me..).

[hashhar]

Quanta magazine is my personal favourite. They are like XKCD's Thing Explainer for complex things.

Check out my favourite article to get a taste of it. https://www.wired.com/2015/09/tricky-encryption-stump-quantu...

Some others to get a good sample:

[1]: https://www.wired.com/2016/09/using-math-repair-650-year-old...

[2]: https://www.wired.com/2015/12/outsiders-crack-a-50-year-old-...