New Scientist

Name: New Scientist
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Rating: 4.594059467315674 (6891 reviews)
Author: New Scientist

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4.6

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Discover award-winning journalism with the New Scientist app. From artificial intelligence to climate change, and the latest innovations in healthcare to the mysteries of quantum physics and the human mind, New Scientist is your trusted, impartial source of information about what is going on in the world.
• Read daily news updates and our latest issues
• Watch fascinating videos – from robotics to rare animal behaviour
• Listen to our weekly podcast and audio articles

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Apr 15, 2026

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Ratings and reviews

4.6

6.08K reviews

A Google user

August 18, 2019

This is the best of the many "popularized science" magazines. It comes from the UK but the contributions come from throughout the world. The level of background might be classed as "advanced beginner without need for a math background". Anyone from high school on up will be able to understand and enjoy their presentations. I'm a major fan. (You need to subscribe to the digital version. It's not expensive.) If I were to offer a suggestion, it is PLEASE PROVIDE A SEARCH FUNCTION! Thanks!

174 people found this review helpful

Badger Watkins

September 9, 2022

You broke everything with this "update". Even dark mode doesn't work anymore (black text on black background). Where's the downloaded area? Why can't it remember where I left off reading anymore? Whoever tested this rancid pile of code should be sacked. Clearly the engineer didn't read the review. Dark mode doesn't work, not because you can't turn it on, but because you can't read *black text on a black background*. And tapping "magazines" shows all of them, not just the ones you downloaded.

53 people found this review helpful

New Scientist

September 9, 2022

The dark mode feature is available and can be switched on under your settings. Any downloaded issues are shown via a tick under the Magazine tab. Finally, our developers are working on the app remembering where you left of. Kind regards, Customer Care

jesse byrd

June 4, 2026

This app proves that you never really own digital material. But the magazine and essential guides are great. The app is also a rip-off in that halfway through an article it fades out and you can't continue unless you buy a subscription, even though I had paid $6.99 for the article. A fool and his money may apply here.

5 people found this review helpful