jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) (08/09/84)
You may say this is not the appropriate forum, but - I would like to reverse any negative impression the uninformed reader may have gotten from lisa Chabot when she referred to "Science news" as the "national Enquirer" of science. This comparison must be a symptom of too many late nights spent writing 100+ line articles. Who says Usenet doesn't rot the brain? I have subscribed to Science news for many years (about 12, I think) and found it to be consistently interesting and informative. It does not require the specialist's knowledge that "Scientific American" seems to, and it covers a far broader range of research each week. Best of all, it can be completely read in half an hour. Also, you don't see any 20 page articles on "Dolphins Found to be 6 Times Smarter than Humans" or "nuclear power Improves Your metabolism" or any such trendy nonsense. (I name no names...) of course, I may be off base here, since I've never looked past the cover of "national Enquirer" - but somehow I don't think so. I don't mean to imply there aren't other science magazines than the two I mentioned, but I thought I would restrict my comments to those that I know. Jeff Winslow