''Science'' was a general science magazine published by the

American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a United States–based international nonprofit with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsib ...

(AAAS) from 1979 to 1986. It was intended to "bridge the distance between science and citizen", aimed at a technically literate audience who may not work professionally in the sciences. The AAAS also publishes the famous science journal ''Science'', the similar name leading to some confusion. ''Science'' was first issued as ''Science 80'' in November 1979 and was originally published bi-monthly and by subscription only. The name of the magazine changed every year to reflect the publication date, becoming ''Science 81'', ''Science 82'', etc. The magazine was similar to ''Discover'' in terms of coverage, but tended to offer longer articles and often a photoessay. Guest essays by a well-known scientist were a common feature as well. The magazine also offered a "Resources" section which contained references for the articles. Like ''Discover'', ''Science'' was aimed at readers looking for something more readable than the ''

Scientific American ''Scientific American'', informally abbreviated ''SciAm'' or sometimes ''SA'', is an American popular science magazine. Many scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla, have contributed articles to it, with more than 150 Nobel Pri ...

'' of those days, which was a much more technical magazine than it became in the 1990s, but more in-depth and more artfully written than magazines like ''

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'', which tends to cover technology more than the science behind it. This market proved to be too small for the large number of magazines that attempted to serve it, and many disappeared during the mid-1980s. ''Science'' was purchased in 1986 by Time Inc. and folded into ''Discover'', the last issue being July 1986. A few issues of ''Discover'' after the merger feature a stamp noting "Now including Science 86", but this quickly disappeared.

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