We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Bruce
saying something like:

There are science magazines that aim slightly higher up the
intellectual scale, the best known being "New Scientist". It isn't
highly rated by scientists, but appeals to people who like to follow
science but aren't personally involved in it.

Even NS is a bit dumbed-down compared to what it used to be.