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| General Manager | Adam Morath |
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| Categories | Interdisciplinary |
| Frequency | Fully digital |
| Total circulation (June 2014) | 1,321,075[1] |
| Founded | May 1872 (as The Popular Science Monthly) |
| Final issue | April 27, 2021 (print) |
| Company | Recurrent Ventures |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York, New York |
| Website | popsci |
| ISSN | 0161-7370 |
| OCLC | 488612811 |
Popular Science (also known as PopSci) is an American popular science website, covering science and technology topics geared toward general readers. Popular Science has won over 58 awards, including the American Society of Magazine Editors awards for its journalistic excellence in 2003 (for General Excellence), 2004 (for Best Magazine Section), and 2019 (for Single-Topic Issue). Its print magazine, which ran from 1872 to 2020, was translated into over 30 languages and distributed to at least 45 countries.[2] In 2021, Popular Science switched to an all-digital format and abandoned the magazine format in 2023.[3][4]
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- ^ Lewenstein, Bruce V. (1987). "Was There Really a Popular Science 'Boom'?". Science, Technology, & Human Values. 12 (2): 29–41. doi:10.1177/016224398701200204. hdl:1813/13731. S2CID 141385150.
- ^ Roth, Emma (2023-11-27). "After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine". The Verge. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
- ^ Levenson, Michael (2023-11-28). "Popular Science Shuts Online Magazine in Another Sign of Decline". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-16.