Curated playlist
Science and technology magazines published in the United States
- Wired (magazine)Conde Nast bought Wired magazine for $90 million after a leak exposed a $77 million deal with another publisher.
- Popular Astronomy (US magazine)Popular Astronomy, a US magazine for amateur stargazers, ended in 1951 when its editor died of a heart attack.
- Discover (magazine)Discover magazine began when a Time editor saw that science covers sold better.
- Astrobiology MagazineAstrobiology Magazine, a NASA-sponsored science site, was confirmed defunct as of July 2021.
- SpaceNewsSpaceNews began in 1989 as a trade paper for the people who sign space contracts.
- Popular MechanicsThree Alcatraz inmates used Popular Mechanics to build a raft. Their June 1962 escape attempt followed its instructions.
- Scientific AmericanIn April 1950, a government agency ordered 3,000 copies of Scientific American burned.
- Smithsonian (magazine)Smithsonian magazine passed one million subscribers within five years of its 1970 debut.
- Astronomy (magazine)Astronomy magazine began as a college senior class project. Stephen A. Walther wrote its business plan for a class.
- MIT Technology ReviewBefore its 1998 relaunch, MIT Technology Review fired its entire editorial staff.
- Physics TodayPhysics Today took on the Star Wars missile shield in the 1980s. It treated the plan as a problem in applied physics.
- Skeptical InquirerSkeptical Inquirer's first editor wanted science and pseudoscience to coexist in its pages.
- IEEE SpectrumIEEE Spectrum replaced a magazine called Electrical Engineering in January 1964.
- National GeographicTwo U.S. colonels used a National Geographic map to split the Korean Peninsula at the 38th parallel.