Sciences
Discover is a monthly magazine that covers health and medicine, mind and brain, technology, space, human origins, living world, environment, and physics and math.
Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development is a bimonthly magazine discussing problems of development and the environment from an international perspective.
Nature is a weekly international journal covering all scientific disciplines.
New Scientist is a weekly magazine covering space, technology, environment, health, life, physics and math, and science in society.
Science is a weekly magazine that contains news and articles on a wide variety of science-related topics, including the life sciences, physical sciences, economics, education, and other topics.
Scientific American is a monthly magazine that covers a wide variety of science-related topics, including Energy & Sustainability, Evolution, Health, Mind & Brain, Space, and Technology.
Subject-Specific Brainstorming
If you have a particular academic field or discipline in mind while brainstorming your topic, you might want to check out some of the current news for that field. Associations, organizations, and publications can be a good place to look for that information.
See below for links to association and organization websites and current periodicals for a variety of fields. In addition, the magazines and journals on this page (as well as a number of others) can all be found on the Shapiro Undergraduate Library Periodical Shelves.
Arts & Humanities
American Heritage is a quarterly magazine that focuses on U.S. history.
ARTnews is a monthly magazine that covers art, issues, trends, and events in the international art world.
Dance is a monthly magazine that provides news and information about the world of dance.
History Today is a monthly magazine that contains essays on all periods, regions, and themes of history.
Smithsonian is a monthly magazine that covers history, archeology, arts, culture, science, nature, and travel.
Social Sciences
National Geographic is a monthly magazine that covers geography, culture, history, science, and photography.
Psychology Today is a bimonthly magazine that covers a wide variety of psychology-related topics, including human behavior and mental health.
Sports Illustrated is a weekly magazine that covers sports and sports-related topics.