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Just a couple of headlines I grabbed from their home page just now:

"Our favorite cannabis vaporizer is $90 off for Cyber Monday"

"2024 BMW G 310 R review: A starter bike you won’t outgrow"

"You can still get the best Apple products at the best prices … if you act fast"

"20+ luxury items that are less pricey for Cyber Monday"

"This is your last chance to save $100 on an Xbox Series X during Cyber Monday"

I really just think there is no consumer market left that would support well written, long-form science journalism. So the choice is either to close up shop, or act as a front for retail outlets.



Scientific American is still in print. I guess I don’t know for how long, but I love it.


SA has been on the decline for decades. It was fluff in the 2000s, its now somehow less than fluff.


Scientific American publishes nonsense in the guise of science. They are not a reliably publication anymore.

https://michaelshermer.substack.com/p/scientific-american-go...

https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=6202

https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-shameful-decline...


Ironically captured by a religion.


Quanta magazine does a really, really good job with long form science journalism. Highly recommend checking them out.


> I really just think there is no consumer market left that would support well written, long-form science journalism

Nautilus is trying to be that. It's honestly not very good writing or editing, but I still enjoy the experience of getting a science magazine in the mail every once in a while and skimming through it.


Or fund with charity money, like Quanta


This is quite sad. I’m wondering if I should blame mobile phones for all of this…


New Scientist is still doing pretty well.




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