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''New Scientist'' is a UK-based weekly non-peer-reviewed English-language international science magazine, founded in 1956. Since 1996 it has also run a website. Sold in retail outlets and on subscription, the magazine covers current developments, news, reviews and commentary on science and technology. It also prints speculative articles, ranging from the technical to the philosophical. There is a readers' letters section which discusses recent articles, and discussions also take place on the website. Readers contribute observations on examples of pseudoscience to Feedback, and questions and answers on scientific and technical topics to Last Word; extracts from the latter have been compiled into several books. ''New Scientist'' is based in London and publishes editions in the UK, the United States, and Australia. ==History== The magazine was founded in 1956 by Tom Margerison, Max Raison and Nicholas Harrison as ''The New Scientist'', with Issue 1 on 22 November, priced one shilling (£0.05 as 20 shillings in the £) (£ today). The British science magazine ''Science Journal'', published 1965–71, was merged with ''New Scientist'' to form ''New Scientist and Science Journal''.〔National Library of Australia (Bib ID 2298705 )〕 Originally, the cover had a text list of articles rather than a picture. Pages were numbered sequentially for an entire volume of many issues, as is the norm for academic journals (i.e., so that the first page of a March issue could be 651 instead of 1); later each issue's pages were numbered separately. Colour was not used except for blocks of colour on the cover. From the beginning of 1961 "''The''" was dropped from the title and from 1965 the front cover was illustrated. In 1964 there was a regular "Science in British Industry" section with several items.〔(''New Scientist'' ), vol. 21, No. 382, 12 March 1964.〕 An article published on their tenth anniversary provides some anecdotes on the founding of the magazine.〔 In 1970, the company Albert E. Reed acquired ''New Scientist'' when it merged with IPC Magazines, retaining the magazine when it sold most of its consumer magazines in a management buyout to what is now IPC Media. The Grimbledon Down comic strip appeared from 1970 to 1994. Ariadne, which later moved to ''Nature'', commented every week on the lighter side of science and technology and the plausible but impractical humorous inventions of (fictitious) inventor Daedalus, often developed by the (fictitious) DREADCO corporation.〔(''New Scientist'' ), 19 January 1978.〕 Issues of ''(The) New Scientist'' from Issue 1 to the end of 1989 have been made free to read online. Subsequent issues require a subscription.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.newscientist.com/issues/1989 )〕 As of the first half of 2013, the international circulation averaged 125,172, a 4.3% reduction on the previous year's figure, but a considerably smaller reduction than many other mainstream magazines of similar or greater circulation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''PressGazette'' circulation figures )〕 For 2014 UK circulation decreased 3.2% but boosted by stronger international sales, circulation increased to 129,585.〔 See also #Website below. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Scientist」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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