One of the first Scientific American articles I can remember reading.
Used to sell seeds door to door in the spring to buy them.
I wouldn't spend a plugged nickel on the new, revamped, ultra politically correct SciAm's now.
Politically correct??
You probably missed the current articles concerning creationists and ethics?
They ferociously attack creationists (im not a creationists) to the point that you begin to wonder why the editors waste their time on it instead of publishing something about, i dont know, SCIENCE?!
Even worse, the editors seem to enjoy putting the word "ethics" between quotations every time they use it, and they have even insinuated that ethics are all made up by opponents of science..
I don't read sciam anymore anyway, they report more and more about politics and how existence is pointless so nothing matters and less and less about science.
I suggest newscientist, although it rather lacks details in it's articles even more than sciam.