What Science/Bioinformatics Magazines Do You Read?
Eric asks: "I am a
software developer getting acclimated to the bioinformatics space by
reading through introductory texts like 'Genome : The Autobiography
of a Species in 23 Chapters' by Matt Ridley, 'Genomes' by T.A. Brown,
and bio journals. I find these sources to be exceptionally
interesting but frequently the information is too detailed or too
light for my purposes. I think the ideal information would come from
a monthly magazine or online forum (like Slashdot) that is geared
towards bright non-biologist computery folk (think Dr. Dobbs with an
emphasis on computational biology -- light but definitely not fluff).
I am particularly interested in new discoveries, research techniques,
and experiments in this space. I am also budget constrained, and only
have $100 a year set aside to access this kind of material. Does
something like this exist, if so which ones do you recommend?" I
think this question serves as a fine follow-up to our last question on
Bioinformatics, may I suggest yet
another
starting point for those interested in this subject?
It's sort of the same problem that the "Intermediate Nuclear Physics" magazines have. Who's their subscribers?
As such, you either get Journals, Textbooks, or Fluff.
Let's not stir that bag of worms...