I’m always looking for interesting online magazines and online news sources for science. I also really enjoy opinion pieces and science history and just stories in general, so with no introduction I’ve made a list of some of my favorite STEM online magazines I think the studyblr/sciblr community especially will enjoy. Coming soon are more lists when I get the time. If you have a suggestion, send me a blurb and a link and I’ll add it. These are just the sites that I particularly enjoy. I’m not adding obvious ones like, pop sci, scientific american, wired, etc.
- IEEE Spectrum (news source technically its basically the free version of their magazine)- Tech news with an emphasis on Electrical Engineering- this is run by the EE society/publisher so don’t really expect anything other than bite sized news stories and new tech announcements. I really like it because it gives a wide range of little updates on things happening in the EE community. If you’re even more interested I’d poke around IEE.org they have cool resources
- Quanta Magazine - No nonsense science news and stories. Their mission statement is; to enhance public understanding of research developments in mathematics and the physical and life sciences. And I think that really explains it all. They cover pretty much everything, if you don’t already read Quanta I’d suggest subscribing to their newsletter
- MIT Tech Review - prob don’t need to introduce this one, I was actually hesitant to list this one for two reasons 1) you quickly run out of “free” articles and I hate sites like that and 2) this should be no surprise, its mainly MIT-centric (don’t blame them for that one) however a lot of super important and cool things come out of MIT so in that respect I’d recommend reading it, I just subscribe through twitter so I get little updates on their news and if it looks really cool I then look up that person’s work somewhere else
- Motherboard - imo this can be a real mixed bag. An offshoot of vice, its themes are weirdly unconnected, I can only say it features stories and docs about technology and the future. I don’t subscribe for their tech news but for some really interesting art and STEM projects and interviews with unique angles. It can be kinda fluffy, weird or interesting depending on what the content is. Cool robots, artists doing things with tech, and interviews with bitcoin communities and cyborg wannabes.
- Nautilus- I saved the best for last because this one is my favorite! Each month has a different STEM theme that they update each week with a different essay/opinion relating to the subject. Sometimes its science, science history, or essays. It’s all really good imo. A couple months ago it was all about time (time travel, alt universes) It’s my favorite weekly thing.