What scientific or technical periodicals do you use or enjoy and why?

[The Man]

Back in the 80’s when I was a Senior Laboratory Technician in an engineering lab, I use to get a lot of scientific and technical periodicals for free. Most of the technical periodicals wre just advertising vehicles but sometimes had decent articles. One of my (none advertisement) favorites was “NASA Tech Briefs”, although the articles were sometimes hard to follow unless you had specific knowledge of that technical application. I also enjoyed a weekly newsmagazine called “Science News” although the articles were somewhat brief it did give you a good synopsis of what was developing (I do not know if it is still being published). I also had a subscription to “Scientific American” (I had to pay for that) which I also enjoyed until it just became too expensive.

Recently my niece sent me a fund raising thing for her school where I could order magazines at a discount and help the school. I ordered both “Scientific American” and “Popular Science”. I Just got my first issue of “Scientific American” and it was everything I remember but about half the number of pages.

Which brings us to the purpose of this thread, what scientific or technical periodicals or websites (or other resources) do you use or enjoy and why? Also which ones don’t you find so fulfilling and why?

I regularly check some science news websites but do not have those links on this computer and will provide them later. Whenever I need to refresh my memory about a physics concept or study something new I go to Hyperphysics. It is a resource I regularly use and wholeheartedly recommend.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/hph.html

 

[Iamme]

The JREF math and science forum often provides answers from knowledgable people. Great for the lazy. Ask, then read.

If you are into reading publications, journals, magazines, etc., maybe ASHRAE would intrigue you. I have a back issue at home where posed/solicited are like 25-50 (can't remember exact number) of questions that Universities and big corporations are asking people to try to solve. It lists the source and author. Fascinating questions. If you solved some of the dilemas, there might be some sort of reward.

I'll make one up for you:

Cuntridge University

Dr. Mike Hunt

Assemblege of diofractic embolystic system into a re-flowing hydrchromatic monoflow @ 50 r.e.f., ambient 70, integral with dioplastic phenoentaports, non-conductive intgerpol overlap.

........

LOL. But in all seriousness, when you read some of the questions, they read like the above made up jibberish I did. But SOME of them were very easy to follow, and sounded like SOMEone out there just might be able to solve the posted problem.

There might be something on the web about this (A.S.H.R.A.E.), and the solicited questions, perhaps.

 

[The Man]

Thanks I’ll have to check that out.

As I promised hear are some of the physics websites I regularly check.


http://www.physlink.com/News/Index.cfm

http://physics.science-tips.org/

http://physicsworld.com/cws/home

http://physics.physorg.com/