List of popular science mass media outlets

This is a list of popular science mass media outlets.

• ABC Science – website ^[1] owned by Australian Broadcasting Corporation
• Archibald Higgins – science comics series
• Are We Alone? – Seth Shostak science radio program
• Ask A Biologist – audio podcast program and website
• BBC Focus – magazine
• BBC Horizon – TV series
• BBC Science & Nature – latest news in nature ^[2] and science ^[3]
• BBC Sky at Night – a monthly magazine about astronomy aimed at amateur astronomers
• BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science – website of Arizona State University ^[4]
• British Science Association – providing all ages learning about the sciences; advancing public understanding; thought-provoking its many implications
• CASW: Council for the Advancement of Science Writing – increasing public understanding of science ^[5]
• CBS News – Science ^[6] 60 Minutes: Health/Science ^[7] Nature ^[8] This Morning: HealthWatch ^[9] Evening News: Health ^[10] Sunday Morning: Nature ^[11]
• Cosmos Magazine – Australian magazine
• Cosmos: A Personal Voyage – 1980 television series by Carl Sagan, with its companion book
• Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey – 2014 television hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson based on the 1980 Carl Sagan series
• Daily Planet – Canadian television series
• Discover – magazine
• Discovery – BBC World Service radio programme ^[12] and podcasts ^[13]
• Discovery Channel' – cable/satellite television channel
• Edge – online magazine exploring scientific and intellectual ideas
• Exploratorium – museum in San Francisco
• Frontiers of Science – comic strip
• Guru Magazine – digital 'science-lifestyle' magazine
• HowStuffWorks – website
• Inside Science – BBC Radio 4 news stories keeping the audience abreast of important breakthroughs in science ^[14]
• Inside Science (AIP) – syndicating research news and related topics for general audiences through the press, the TV, and the web ^[15]
• Institute of Making – materials science and technology from many different perspectives
• ITV Science News – videos, stories, and the latest live updates ^[16]
• Knowing Neurons – a website featuring neuroscience articles, infographics, artwork, and videos
• Leading Edge – BBC Radio 4 series explores the world of science, people, passions & policies; final edition celebrating Darwin's 150th anniversary ^[17]
• The Life Scientific – Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work (BBC Radio 4) ^[18]
• Little Atoms – weekly chat show on Resonance104.4FM in London; also podcasts
• LiveScience – syndicating major news outlets with an online news-magazine format
• Material World – weekly science magazine on BBC Radio 4
• MITnews:science – Massachusetts Institute of Technology's recent news, featured stories, and videos ^[19]
• MIT Technology Review – a magazine with authoritative journalism in clear simple language
• Mr Science Show – radio show and podcast from China Radio International
• MythBusters – American TV series that seeks to confirm or debunk science-related stories, urban legends, viral videos, etc.
• The Naked Scientists – audience-interactive radio talk show
• NASA – news, images, videos, TV, and interactive features from the unique perspective of America's space agency
• National Geographic Society – one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world
• Natural History – the magazine of the American Museum of Natural History
• Natural History Museum (London) – "Nature online – explore the natural world" ^[20]
• The Nature of Things - CBC Television program
• NBC News – Science ^[21] Technology ^[22] Health ^[23]
• New Scientist – magazine
• NHS choices – UK health "Behind the Headlines ¬ Your guide to the science that makes the news" ^[24]
• Nova – television show on PBS; PBS Science & Nature ^[25] PBS NewsHour: Science ^[26] and the Nova ScienceNow TV spinoff
• Nova: science in the news – Australian Academy of Science making accessible, and looking behind the headlines ^[27]
• Ologies with Alie Ward – weekly podcast
• The Periodic Table of Videos – a series of YouTube videos featuring chemistry professor Martyn Poliakoff
• PLOS: Public Library of Science – available to every scientist, physician, educator, and citizens at home, in school, or in a library
• Plus – popular maths online magazine featuring the beauty and the practical; diverse topics such as art, medicine, cosmology, sport, puzzles & games
• Popular Mechanics – magazine
• Popular Science – magazine
• Popular Science Historic Film Series – short films
• Quirks & Quarks – Canadian radio show and podcast on CBC Radio; CBCnews Technology & Science ^[28]
• Quo – Spanish-language magazine
• Radiolab – listen, read, watch; imaginative use of radio and podcast making science accessible to broad audiences
• The Ri Channel – the Royal Institution, showcasing science videos from around the web ^[29]
• Science – journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Science (TV network) – cable/satellite television channel
• ScienceBlogs – some of the best-known independent science bloggers within ten subject channels
• science fantastic – Michio Kaku radio program ^[30]
• Science Friday – American radio show on NPR; NPR Science ^[31]
• The Science Hour – BBC World Service radio programme weekly digest of Discovery, Click , Health Check and Science in Action ^[32] and podcasts ^[33]
• Science Illustrated – a popular magazine with editions in other languages
• Science in Action (radio program) – long-running weekly broadcast on BBC World Service
• Science Museum (London) – "Online Science" ^[34]
• Science News – magazine
• Science Niblets – online magazine ^[35]
• Science World (magazine) – especially educating children and covering many aspects
• Scientific American – magazine
• Seed – magazine
• Smithsonian – a magazine published by the Smithsonian Institution
• Startalk Radio – hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson
• "The Aurora Press (Online Science Magazine" Online Science Magazine Focused On Long-Form In-Depth Coverage ^[36]
• Technologist – magazine and website published by the EuroTech Universities Alliance
• This Week in Science – American radio show and podcast
• Through the Wormhole – documentary television series with Morgan Freeman
• VOA News –

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• WIRED – WIRED Science ^[39] WIRED Science Blogs ^[40] WIRED UK Science ^[41]
• ZSL: Institute of Zoology (London) – "Latest News from Science" ^[42]

See also

Main category: Popular science

• List of science magazines
• List of science books

References

1. "ABC Science". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 2012-11-03.
2. "BBC Nature" . Retrieved 2014-07-19.
3. "BBC Science" . Retrieved 2014-07-19.
4. "BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science" . Retrieved 2012-11-03.
5. "CASW" . Retrieved 2013-01-04.
6. "Science & Technology". CBS News . Retrieved 2013-08-03.
7. "60 Minutes: Health & Science". CBS News . Retrieved 2013-12-18.
8. "60 Minutes: Nature". CBS News . Retrieved 2013-12-18.
9. "This Morning: HealthWatch". CBS News . Retrieved 2013-08-03.
10. "Evening News: Health". CBS News . Retrieved 2013-08-03.
11. "Sunday Morning: Nature". CBS News . Retrieved 2013-08-03.
12. "Discovery Radio Programme" . Retrieved 2012-11-03.
13. "Discovery Podcasts" . Retrieved 2012-11-03.
14. "Inside Science" . Retrieved 2013-07-18.
15. "Inside Science (AIP)" . Retrieved 2013-08-06.
16. "ITV Science News" . Retrieved 2013-08-08.
17. "Leading Edge" . Retrieved 2014-01-02.
18. "The Life Scientific" . Retrieved 2012-12-14.
19. "MITnews:science" . Retrieved 2013-07-07.
20. "Nature online"
21. "NBC Science". NBC News . Retrieved 2013-08-03.
22. "NBC Technology". NBC News . Retrieved 2013-08-03.
23. "NBC Health". NBC News . Retrieved 2013-08-03.
24. "Behind the Headlines ¬ Your guide to the science that makes the news"
25. "PBS Science & Nature". PBS . Retrieved 2013-01-26.
26. "PBS NewsHour: Science". PBS . Retrieved 2013-12-27.
27. "Nova: science in the news" . Retrieved 2014-05-10.
28. "CBCnews Technology & Science" . Retrieved 2013-01-31.
29. "The Ri Channel". Archived from the original on 2017-11-29. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
30. "Science Fantastic with Michio Kaku News/Audio/Video/About/Listen Live". Talk Radio Network. Retrieved 2013-09-22.
31. "NPR Science". NPR . Retrieved 2013-01-18.
32. "The Science Hour" . Retrieved 2013-08-06.
33. "The Science Hour Podcasts" . Retrieved 2013-08-06.
34. "Online Science"
35. "Science Niblets" . Retrieved 2012-11-03.
36. "The Aurora Press" . Retrieved 2025-04-16.
37. "Science & Technology News – Latest in scientific breakthroughs and gadgets – VOA News". Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
38. "Science World". Archived from the original on May 6, 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
39. "WIRED Science" . Retrieved 2013-07-17.
40. "WIRED Science Blogs" . Retrieved 2014-05-10.
41. "WIRED UK Science". Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
42. "Latest News from Science"