Popular Science
6 issues / year
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Winter 2018
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Founded in 1872, Popular Science is the world's largest science and technology magazine. Each month, Popular Science reports on the intersection of science and everyday life, delivering a look at the future now. It's the ultimate guide to what's new and what's next.
Subscribe today and discover new developments covering amazing discoveries and incredible inventions,
plus much more.
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Daniel Christian
Excellent Magazine And so easy to read on my 10 inch tab. I do need to scroll in to read some of the smaller print ads, but I like the idea that it still has the layout of a magazine. If you find that you need to scroll in constantly, it may be time to see your optometrist and stop complaining that everything isn't made to fit into your little world perfectly...it's likely the same pride that won't let you admit you need reading glasses or a stronger lens perscription. The magazine subscription is just fine. Try rotating your tablet end for end instead of trying to read it in widescreen. And for those who complain about the price...why did you bother to order it in the first place if it broke your budget as such? If your kid needs new shoes, dump the app and get some shoes, don't fault the developer for your over consumeristic bent that won't allow you to balance your budget...seek out financial councel and get the help you need. Just stop blaming app developers for your 'in a perfect world' attitudes. Thank you PopSci for giving us the nostalgia of an actual magazine in a digital environment. I paid $7.99 for my annual subscription and I just can't seem to get debt free anymore. Darned magazine.
Horrible Reading Format Expensive to purchase, especially considering that the format the magazine is delivered in makes it almost impossible to read. I constantly have to zoom in and out to read the magazine on a 10 inch tablet, there are pages that in landscape and portrait but cannot be read because the newsstand app will rotate if you try to read the page the correct direction. The experience could be improved if the publisher actually tried using it. I especially appreciated that the magazine is simply scanned, with no thought given to the fact that it is now in a digital medium. Links cannot be clicked, there is no rich media, and it still costs about the same as the paper version. The website for the magazine is a better experience on a digital device and most of the content there is free. Also the amount of ads in the magazine are ridiculous, you could sell the advertising for twice as much if it was clickable - and then cut the amount of ads in half.
Ernest Vigil
Save a tree, snub an idiot Really? There is no shortage of trees. What a shortsighted and ignorant post. No maybe arguing that the subscription price online is the same if not more in certain cases would be better. Seriously though, there is a reason that loggers don't just mow down our forests anymore! It isn't just because of over-logging, but also due to the fact that the side effects of clear cutting forests are too great. Not to mention the displacement of thousands of species of wildlife and even the endangerment & extinction!
Ted Nowlen
RIP PS A painful magazine to read. The format of both the print and online are horrible. Popular Science was good years ago but has decided to cut the number of issues in half and it appears they must have given up on the 'science' part of their name as well. I suspect they have dismissed a number of their qualified writers in an effort to prolong there inevitable death as a magazine. You will find more science in Mad Magazine.
A Google User
Way too expensive Last November, 2011, I got one-year subscriptions in the print-editions of Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, and Maximum PC, each at $5 (yes FIVE US dollars) each delivered to my home. So, Google, and other e-magazine providers, expect me to save the publishers a lot of printing/delivery money and then pay $$$ for a tablet so that I pay 5 times the cost to receive the same magazine but in electronic format. What the heck do they think we readers are? Idiots with money-growing trees in our backyards? I wonder if those who commented "Excellent price" really did their homework shopping for magazines!
A Google User
Too expensive My Amazon paper re-sub just came due today for Popular Science and it cost $12 a year. I plan to renew it and want to save a tree by going digital, but Google is selling digital for $15 a year- $3 more than paper! No thanks. I don't mind paying the same, or preferrerably a bit less, for digital but I'm sure not paying more. The high price here has forced me to shop around and now I found it for $7 a year, so sorry Google but I won't be buying from you.
User reviews
Excellent Magazine And so easy to read on my 10 inch tab. I do need to scroll in to read some of the smaller print ads, but I like the idea that it still has the layout of a magazine. If you find that you need to scroll in constantly, it may be time to see your optometrist and stop complaining that everything isn't made to fit into your little world perfectly...it's likely the same pride that won't let you admit you need reading glasses or a stronger lens perscription. The magazine subscription is just fine. Try rotating your tablet end for end instead of trying to read it in widescreen. And for those who complain about the price...why did you bother to order it in the first place if it broke your budget as such? If your kid needs new shoes, dump the app and get some shoes, don't fault the developer for your over consumeristic bent that won't allow you to balance your budget...seek out financial councel and get the help you need. Just stop blaming app developers for your 'in a perfect world' attitudes. Thank you PopSci for giving us the nostalgia of an actual magazine in a digital environment. I paid $7.99 for my annual subscription and I just can't seem to get debt free anymore. Darned magazine.
Horrible Reading Format Expensive to purchase, especially considering that the format the magazine is delivered in makes it almost impossible to read. I constantly have to zoom in and out to read the magazine on a 10 inch tablet, there are pages that in landscape and portrait but cannot be read because the newsstand app will rotate if you try to read the page the correct direction. The experience could be improved if the publisher actually tried using it. I especially appreciated that the magazine is simply scanned, with no thought given to the fact that it is now in a digital medium. Links cannot be clicked, there is no rich media, and it still costs about the same as the paper version. The website for the magazine is a better experience on a digital device and most of the content there is free. Also the amount of ads in the magazine are ridiculous, you could sell the advertising for twice as much if it was clickable - and then cut the amount of ads in half.
Save a tree, snub an idiot Really? There is no shortage of trees. What a shortsighted and ignorant post. No maybe arguing that the subscription price online is the same if not more in certain cases would be better. Seriously though, there is a reason that loggers don't just mow down our forests anymore! It isn't just because of over-logging, but also due to the fact that the side effects of clear cutting forests are too great. Not to mention the displacement of thousands of species of wildlife and even the endangerment & extinction!
RIP PS A painful magazine to read. The format of both the print and online are horrible. Popular Science was good years ago but has decided to cut the number of issues in half and it appears they must have given up on the 'science' part of their name as well. I suspect they have dismissed a number of their qualified writers in an effort to prolong there inevitable death as a magazine. You will find more science in Mad Magazine.
Way too expensive Last November, 2011, I got one-year subscriptions in the print-editions of Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, and Maximum PC, each at $5 (yes FIVE US dollars) each delivered to my home. So, Google, and other e-magazine providers, expect me to save the publishers a lot of printing/delivery money and then pay $$$ for a tablet so that I pay 5 times the cost to receive the same magazine but in electronic format. What the heck do they think we readers are? Idiots with money-growing trees in our backyards? I wonder if those who commented "Excellent price" really did their homework shopping for magazines!
Too expensive My Amazon paper re-sub just came due today for Popular Science and it cost $12 a year. I plan to renew it and want to save a tree by going digital, but Google is selling digital for $15 a year- $3 more than paper! No thanks. I don't mind paying the same, or preferrerably a bit less, for digital but I'm sure not paying more. The high price here has forced me to shop around and now I found it for $7 a year, so sorry Google but I won't be buying from you.
People complaining 4.99 is too much... 4.99 is the price for ONE magazine. It is expensive if you were to buy only one physical copy in a store also. For cheaper price you would subcribe two way - monthly or yearly. 1.99 for monthly subscription equaling 23.88/year (I'm sure people have their reason for month-to-month subscription.) or14.99 for yearly subscription equaling 1.25/month
$60/year - for digital?!?! Keep in mind that Pop Sci has been my favorite mag since I was a little kid (20+ years) but someone seriously needs to put the crack pipe down... $4 or $5 for a print copy is one thing, but the overhead is sooooo much less for the digital version that $5 is simply not justified. I'm glad google gave me my free copy with my Nexus, but I cannot and will not pay those kinds of prices on even a one time basis, let alone subscribe... let me know when you come to your senses... Note: this would be a 5star review if the price was realistic.
Cheap minded So many reviews complaining of the price of this digital copy being the same as the physical. So many complain the price is too high in general. Yet this magazine is of great quality and always an excellent read. How could $15 for a magazine be too high for a piece that you will enjoy? The creators need some sort of return for their hard work as they already make not much at all. That's a reality of the field. What do these people do for a living to complain about such little cost? I'm sure the same that complain about $3 and $5 apps.
Don't buy it till they fix it! The reader that is provided for the content renders the text very poorly. It's pixellated almost to the point where it is unreadable especially when you zoom in. I contacted google but they couldn't fix it. I guess I'll just have to check back later.
Not sure I understand this. Its more expensive for the publisher to not print or mail a magazine. This is why you shall FAIL as a company for not shifting with the times. BTW most of the REAL articles are on the WEB before it ever hits the magazine. Most sites add new content daily, hmmm this magazine every 30days. I guess they will be realistic about digital content pricing when they are ready close thier doors.
4 stars for content. This digital version leaves a lot to be desired. This is basically like reading a pdf. There's not even hot links to take you to the second part of articles that are split (in this issue, the article regarding citizen astronauts). There's no reason you shouldn't be able to tap on the text "continued on page xx" to jump directly to it. The publisher should take a hint from the digital version of Entertainment Weekly. Their publication takes full advantage of being digital.
Overrated. Geared more toward motor heads and engineers than anyone else. Personally, I'm a technology geek and find it lacking. I actually read they predict this will be the last generation of gaming consoles (PS4, Xbox One, WiiU, etc.). I call BS on that.
Terrible business model Print subscribers should get the digital one free. Wired does this as well as several other magazines. This makes me want to cancel my print subscription. I dont think I will be re-newing.
rain check Since I too am getting error messages when trying to purchase this issue, I would like to rain check it for the sale price. Thanks ;) and happy birthday Google play! thanks for allowing a way to save paper and in the process save a tree or two ;)
Disturbing propaganda rag I was disturbed by the amount of statism propaganda in this issue. For instance, the position that the writers take on eugenics. The issue of overpopulation has been around since Malthus, and his ideas have been of little practical consequence. Despite its Pseudo scientific character this magazine fails to deliver on facts and on its so called "solutions" on a logical or intellectual basis. I will never purchase this again.
Digital Edition Too High! Newsstands Physical media continues to decline, and trying to force your digital customers to pay the same price to cover declining physical sales will not work in the "New Economy". You need to adapt or close shop, and you most certainly need to bring down your digital editions price by at least half. Better to take a pay cut now from the top down, then go bankrupt trying to run an outdated business model in this new digital business model.
TOO EXPENSIVE??? How do people figure its "too expensive? Do the calculations. 4.99/one mag, just say you get one every month, that totals over $60/yearly. Compared to that, $15 doesn't sound so bad. Just saying...
Can't unsubscribe. I've been trying to unsubscribe from my phone, and I can't... and now I can't do it on my computer either... It has the subscribe button visible. That's it, but this magazine continues to give me the subscription and withdraw monthly from my account... Update: All right, well this is set up STUPIDLY. For one, who needs more than one subscription of the same magazine on their account? Seriously? If I'm attempting to unsubscribe on my phone, or on my computer for that matter, I'm going to come back to the same location that I subscribed from.
Confused pricing Not only is this more than a paper copy but the monthly price is outrageous. Get a clue Google. If you want people to adopt this, it can't be more expensive than printed.
weak content The content is very weak. It is like one long series of adds. And a large percentage of the invasions are not so ground breaking. I wouldn't buy even at a lower price far better ags out there and bloggers.
Well I guess I will NOT be downloading! Looks like a lot of the current customers are unhappy with their service. That's enough to keep me from Subscribing to them. Take care of your customers..
After getting an offer in the mail to renew a year of Popular Science for $8 with the iPad edition included I wanted to revisit the idea of getting a digital subscription on Android Newstand. Still seems like a bad value when compared to the Print+iPad edition. Almost twice the price at $15/yr for four issues in a format that doesn't include the print copy and is therefore harder to share. And you can't really say Android Newsstand is the reason since MaximumPC costs $11/yr and gives you 13 issues.
Stupid Price. No No No. There is no effn' way I am going to pay you dips*its 5 bucks for an e-version of your magazine. I think I will cancel my paper subscription. Can't underwrite thievery.
Lower the price to $10/year and I am in I would love to get Popsci on my Google Nexus 7 tab, but $14.99/year seems a little expensive. Does that include access to archived issues? If it had been priced at $10/year, I would have bought a subscription 5 minutes ago ( have I mentioned how difficult it is to type on this thing?)
PopSci Marketing staff are going to cost the company DEARLY! Truly an exceptional magazine. I always enjoy keeping up with the latest in science and technology I can't get anywhere else. That being said.... I can't believe you pay your marketing staff. Or maybe you don't and this is their retribution.Seriously; they're going to run PopSci into the ground by charging MORE for the digital version over the hard copy. And I can't even comprehend why you even charge the current subscribers for a hard copy, let alone charging them so much. Good luck with that.
Double charging stinks Why should we have to buy two subscriptions to popular science. I have the print edition but having to pay for the electronic edition also is ridiculous.
Unfair pricing I will sign up for this in a heartbeat if you either lower your digital price to match the print price, or include the digital subscription for free to print subscribers. It's silly to charge so much more for the digital version than the paper version that must be mailed to subscribers. It's almost like you're using the people who subscribe to the digital version to subsidize the home delivery subscribers. That isn't fair pricing.
Paying for a non physical copy? I already subscribe to the physical copies of PopSci. I find it very greedy to ask me to pay twice. I'm rethinking renewing my subscription.
Too expensive The only way I will ever get a digital subscription is if it's cheaper or at least equal to the price of a printed version. These guys should read the reviews, they won't get to their potential if the don't give in to what people want.
People are stupid First of all for those rating at 1 star learn how to use your Nexus 7 number 2 you can actually view it without the ads so I think that's pretty convenient myself and you view it in text mode learn how to use this f****** thing, then complain! Oh and another thing for those who can't view it without being online will try to download it and see what happens
Too expensive. (Google Greed - a new service?) I've seen significantly cheaper prices for both print and digital subscriptions many other places. Google, you're greedy. Given greed is one of the Seven Deadly Sins, it means you're now evil.
Not Yet I'm afraid the popular mechanics magazine on Google play is not ready for primetime yet. It costs too much and is too focused on politics than cold hard science. Plus, it is poorly written.
I want my online version as well as my print.. Like everyone else, I would like to have my online version as I am paying for my paper version. I have been a LONG TIME reader of this magazine and wanted to show someone an article and could not do it online without having to pay. I hope this changes and I may move to just browsing the Internet for more information as I don't normally have to give blood for reading it twice there and can share it with a friend. PS should understand that it makes good marketing sense to let those who pay a fee for the print version should not and in most cases will not pay for the electronic version. The reviews here basically show that...
DON'T ORDER!!!!!! 0 stars GOOGLE will increase your price after a couple of months. Even though it says 1.99 for 12 issues they will change it. They just did this for four magazines that I purchased at 1 dollar per issue for 1 year subscriptions. They are now after 2 months all being increase to 1.99 per month. This is a scam they are running here. Huge tech company needs more money apparently, so they scam their customers. 0 stars
Too Expensive There is absolutely no reason the digital copy should be more than the printed. Lower the cost and I will subscribe. At least it should be the same.
Magazine does not work right on Nexus 7 The July issue came pre-loaded on my new Nexus 7, but it doesn't work properly. While other magazines show the full page until you decide to zoom, this defaults to a half zoom level and you can't zoom out. Furthermore, you can't pan the page downwards to see the content. The same can be said in landscape mode. The only way to actually read the article content is to go into text mode. I was thinking of subscribing to Popular Science with my new tablet, but this has given me reservations until I can be assured issues like this are fixed.
Love it I don't know what you guys are talking about. It cost me 1.99 an issue when I subscribed for a year. Plus, they have a lot of people to pay. Writers, editors, photographers, etc. You guys are greedy. Go to the dollar store and see what mags they have for $1.00.
My name is Evelyn Pierce-Williams and I know I have money that is owed to me and I have been used as a project subject to unknown things and others have been using me to get paid stealing what's mine and getting paid off of my life and profile and personal imfo it's been paiful some what exposed and discredited for my time life and experience s thank you science and scientist but I'm very list off
Scanned? Ha ha ha, I like how people think they scan this magazine. No it is created digitally and imported into a format compatible with Google 's Newstand, and the official magazine is printed from the digital version. It's not the 1990`s anymore. So, it is way more cheaper for this medium than the magazine print (they do not need to deliver to stores and pay for fuel). If they made the subscriptions prices more reasonable more people would subscribe.
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Sold by Google Inc. as agent for Bonnier