Discover Magazine

Pros: highly readable, intriguing articles, engaging photos, many areas of science covered

Cons: less in-depth than other journals, a preponderance of astronomy articles (not necessarily a bad thing)

The Bottom Line: My inner geek still shows through once a month.

Review: Back in the day, I was a geek (maybe I still am). In high school, I not only took a science class, but also an extra independent study science course in which I worked on a project to submit to the Westinghouse science competition. On many occasions, the ...

Pros: Very informative and thorough.

Cons: Can sometimes be hard to understand.

The Bottom Line: If your in love with science or not, you will be after you read even just one issue of the magazine.

Review: My experience with this magazine, being a subscriber for over two years, has been nothing but the best. If I had a nickel for every article I loved in that magazine, count up all the articles multiply it by five, and that's how much richer I would...

Pros: Covers most of the scientific bases in a light, readable way

Cons: Sometimes too light & hip for a true science magazine

Review: I subscribe to or regularly purchase a large variety of magazines, in a wide range of subject matter, from the general interest/newsmagazines to specialty publications like 20/20 (optical trade) and Military History. If I had to get rid of them all &...

Pros: variety of subjects explained well

Cons: It comes out only once a month.

Review: The first photographs were made of asphalt.

That's just one of the many things I have learned from Discover, and it is just one of the many reasons the magazine is the one to which I look forward most each month. The magazine's writers...

Pros: informative, easy to read, interesting

Cons: $4 an issue

Review: I have interested in science for most of my life. Unfortunately, for most of my life so far, I haven't been able to read a whole lot about new findings and advancements because the technical jargon was too much for me. Imagine a 13 year old trying to...

Pros: Information! Lots of it! Easy to read, oodles of content

Cons: None

Review: I have been a faithful reader of this magazine since I was twelve and now, at 20, still get it every month. The magazine is full of information and fascinating articles. It is so full of content that you can practically see it spilling out of the pages...

Pros: Very informative, up-to-date and interesting.

Cons: Some articles may require educational background in the subject matter.

Review: I have been a subscriber of "Discover" magazine for over 5 years now and have enjoyed every word of every edition.

From the oldest of discoveries being reviewed or rediscovered to the most recent technological advances,...

Pros: Good layout, excellent diversity in articles

Cons: sometimes some of the articles are a little dry or difficult to understand from the tech. level

Review: Even if your not science minded this magazine will help you understand the world around you. Why the earth is growing; why it's destroying itself; the impact we have on the earth; what is being invented and anything to that is even remotely related to...

Pros: Fine Quality, Affordable price, easy to understand

Cons: none unless you don't like science

Review: Discover magazine is great for nearly anyone interested in learning, from the student to the enthusiast. Discover covers a wide variety of subjects and gives in depth information without using such highly scientific terms that the average reader gets...

Pros: Well written, wide variety

Cons: A little technical for non-scientific minds

Review: I have always loved science and science fiction but how I discovered Discover magazine was through blind luck. Actually my legal assistant thought it would be a good magazine for the office and so she subscribed last summer (2000). It was love at first...