What is the oldest monthly US magazine?

The magazine was released on August 28th, 1845 and is still active

This magazine releases 100 000 copies in the USA and 100 000 copies worldwide. The content of it is more like a forum in which scientific minds share their achievements and theories with the general public. At the start, scientists in different fields were the targeted audience, and now it is mostly well-educated people who are interested in the problems of science.

The fist issue positioned itself as a "defender of industry and entrepreneurship" and like a "journal about mechanics and innovations". The header on the cover of the first issue was "Improved rail-road cars" and it was in a format of a one-paged newspaper.

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Brian Falkner

How many people touch the pad and it moves then you miss the question

davidgrimsrud

American Journal of Science is the oldest

Diane Sparks

The way the question is written, I interpreted it as still being published. Author should have stated it more clearly.

Diane Sparks

August 28,1845. Says so in italics under the question.

Beau Shilkraut

Answer doesn't address details of the question. Age. Only describes the magazine, not its history. Should have said more.

RexTSiciliano

Wrong Answer- American Journal of Science is the oldest monthly US magazine. The magazine that was released on August 28th, 1845 and is still active is Scientific American

Janice Fish

Missed it by ...that much!

Kat Frederick

TERENCE TOMES...Until 1880, it was also known as the "American Journal of Science and Arts". In early years, the journal was often referred to as "Silliman's Journal" but that wasn't the name of the Journal, it was just referred too, by that name!

Kat Frederick

After I answered "The American Journal of Science" and it said the answer was "Scientific American", I googled both of them...It says that "The American Journal of Science" is "America's Longest-Running Scientific Journal", but when I went to "Scientific American", it said that "It is the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the United States." That doesn't make any sense, to me! :o{

Kat Frederick

The "American Journal of Science" is the oldest monthly Magazine, still in existence! Your answer is WRONG! You need to check these things out, before posting the Questions! And, you need to credit the people who answered "American Journal of Science", since that's the correct answer! "The American Journal of Science (AJS) is the United States of America's longest-running scientific journal, having been published continuously since its conception in 1818 by Professor Benjamin Silliman, who edited and financed it himself. Until 1880, it was also known as the American Journal of Science and Arts, but its focus was always on natural sciences and especially on geology and related subjects." :o/