I subscribed to this magazine for a number of years and found that it was really a delight to read. I was interested in science and the magazine challenged my knowledge as a student. I learned a great deal from this magazine over the years but in the recent years the quality has gone down substantially. The pages are beautiful to look at but the content has been dumbed down to the level of a tabloid. No more is the witty humor of the authors and the authority that used to come across in the material. I have discontinued my subscription and moved onto "American Scientist" which has not sold out the true science to sell magazines. I wish that Scientific American would learn that there are people out there who are really very interested in science and want an intellectual look into topics not a superficial glance.