My whole point, DMcG, is that glossy mags that need to sell lots of copies are in danger of trivialising science. The articles from popular science mags occasionally linked here are usually good examples of that. They are not going to include the boring or hard bits. They will be very selective. As long as you have the skills to pick the bones out of that, great. Otherwise, good in parts, but which parts? I'm not being snobby nor exclusive. I'm saying that scientific advance is hard graft and is rarely going to provide instant gratification.