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by veyron 5300 days ago
I've never heard of new scientist. Is it a real science journal or sensationalist? (based on this article I'd guess the latter)
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It's an English magazine that's somewhere inbetween your two options. Generally their reporting is pretty good and they avoid headlines for the sake of headlines, however they do put a lot of focus on making their content understandable to non-scientists - it's aimed at smart, curious people, not scientists.

An example of this is their "last word" feature, where they take a question from a reader and let anyone write in with answers - these are usually random questions like "Why is the sky blue?" or "If it's raining, will I get less wet if I run than if I walk?" They've also released two or three Last Word compilation books.

I would not call that "in between". It is more like two dimensions:

   scientific publication : pseudoscience = New Scientist : Sensationalist Publication
It is comparable to Scientific American.
If anyone is interested in the sound of this there is something similar over on this subreddit:

http://reddit.com/r/askscience

I wasn't talking about the article, but the 'ask for a scientific answer' type service.
only been around since 1956...