Key facts
- Editor
- Catherine de Lange
- Categories
- Science
- Frequency
- Weekly
- Total circulation
- 126,724 (2023)
- Founder
- Tom Margerison Max Raison Nicholas Harrison
- First issue
- 22 November 1956 (69 years ago) ( 1956-11-22 )
- Company
- Daily Mail and General Trust
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Website
- www .newscientist .com
- Issn
- 0262-4079
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Encyclopedic overview
New Scientist is a popular science magazine covering all aspects of science and technology. Based in London, it publishes weekly English-language editions in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. An editorially separate organisation publishes a monthly Dutch-language edition. First published on 22 November 1956, New Scientist has been available in online form since 1996.
Sold in retail outlets (paper edition) and on subscription (paper and/or online), the magazine covers news, features, reviews and commentary on science, technology and their implications. New Scientist also publishes speculative articles, ranging from the technical to the philosophical.
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