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Quanta is a pretty popular, popular science outlet. It tends to be closer to the theory than (capital P, S) Popular Science magazine, but ultimately much of what they publish is digested to a degree for lay consumption.

They had an article just the other day about a more optimal sphere packing that was up my alley as a technical (programmer) person with a casual interest in broader pure math.

They do sensationalize a bit as a side effect of their process though, no argument there.

The nuanced take was also discussed here at the time: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42939312

usually they are very thorough (for a magazine targeting curious well-motivated, but of course still a virtually completely laymen audience), but it seems recently their volume has increased whil quality stayed constant :)

Quanta is “pop science” for smart lay people who might also read, for instance, the New Yorker.