The magazine was similar to Discover in terms of coverage, but tended to offer longer articles and often a photoessay.
The magazine also offered a "Resources" section which contained references for the articles.
This market proved to be too small for the large number of magazines that attempted to serve it, and many disappeared during the mid-1980s.
Science was purchased in 1986 by Time Inc. and folded into Discover, the last issue being July 1986.
[2] A few issues of Discover after the merger feature a stamp noting "Now including Science 86", but this quickly disappeared.