Replies to post #88012 on Biotech Values

[acgood]

an interesting topic and a fine start at a list. I very much enjoy the Economist but the major problem I have is that it usually takes me about 3 weeks to read each weekly issue. I would argue that the amount of interesting stuff you get from reading Science is pretty meager- I prefer Nature...but then again science is my field so I follow 10-15 journals via electronic table of contents so my preferences may be skewed from others'.

[biomaven0]

Substantial overlap with what I read, but I didn't renew my Scientific American subscription - feels to me that has been heading downhill for a decade or more.

Science News (now every 2 weeks) is a quick read and sometimes has interesting stuff that I miss elsewhere.

The New England Journal of Medicine (weekly) is usually worth at least a scan and sometimes more.

Biocentury is good, albeit expensive. Their new joint venture publication with Nature (SciBX) is also neat, but I don't have a subscription.

Peter

[iwfal]

Kinda weird and spooky that that list contains every periodical that I read regularly 1,2,3,6 (no chance in h*** that I could keep up with your entire list). I literally know no one in 'real life' who overlaps by more than 1 periodical.

PS You must not have kids - or had Evelyn Wood as a childhood tutor -g-.

[DewDiligence]

Re: Reading list for the next decade

>1. Nature Biotechnology (monthly)<

How much is a subscription?

>2. MIT Technology Review (bimonthly)<

I get access to this free; I find the content marginal and probably wouldn’t pay for it.

>3. Scientific American (monthly)<

I agree with Peter.

>4. Wall Street Journal (daily – skip the editorial/opinion pages!)<

Don’t forget Barron’s, the sister publication. The WSJ’s editorials are often dumb, but the (bylined) op-ed opinion pieces are generally good, IMO.

>5. The New Yorker (weekly)<

Seriously?

>6. The Economist (weekly)<

I don’t pay for it because they send me online alerts with access to the articles in real time. (Maybe this is some kind of screw-up, but I’m not going to complain :-))

>7. Chemical and Engineering News (weekly)<

Whenever I’ve read one of their cover stories, I’ve been unimpressed. Pass.

>8. Science Magazine (weekly)<

How much overlap is there between this and Nature/Nature Biotechnology?

>9. EE Times (weekly)<

I prefer the INTC board on iHub.

>10. TED (http://www.ted.com)<;

Never heard of it until now—thanks for the reco.

[turtlepower]

reading list - Thats an interesting list especially TED though I'm not sure how TED and the new yorker help with investments. I'm more familiar with the tech side so I would recommend ieee spectrum for the latest tech innovations.
wired magazine and r&d magazine also have occasional interesting tidbits.