Louise Bernard and Solène Delinger 10:36 a.m., July 7, 2022, modified at 10:36 a.m., July 7, 2022

The scientific monthly "Epsiloon", launched by former members of "Science et Vie" in disagreement with their shareholder, celebrates its first candle successfully despite a still "fragile" economic situation and a legal dispute between its founders and their ex-employer, the Reworld Media group.

One of its editors confides in Europe 1. 

Epsiloon

was started by former journalists from

 Sciences et vie

, who left because of disagreements with the Reworld Media group.

Together, they launched this science news magazine.

And a year later, it's time to take stock.

It is positive, according to the magazine's team: 40,000 subscribers and every month around 15,000 readers buy

Epsiloon

on newsstands.

Stories with "relaxation, beauty and fun"

These readers are a little different from the traditional science press, according to

Epsiloon

.

They are younger.

Hervé Poirier, editor-in-chief of the magazine, is satisfied with the issues produced and also satisfied with the feedback from readers. 

"We are still carried by this collective adventure that we have been living for a year and a half. We just hope that it will last for many, many more years. We have not yet reached profitability. The key question is: is -are we going to convince enough readers to become and remain loyal? We have been working for a year to bring reliable and sincere stories with a little fun, relaxation and beauty", explains Hervé Poirier, the editor of the magazine at the microphone of Europe 1.

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"Science is a vector of emotions"

The issue that has just hit newsstands, the one for July, is a good illustration of this editorial line.

It tells the story of the JWST telescope.

Because thanks to him, for the first time, on July 12, we will be able to observe the only habitable planet within sight.

It is a truly historic event. 

"We have met for a few months dozens of astronomers who have been waiting for this moment, some even for 50 years. We have carried out three months of investigation on this subject to convey this incredible excitement, this incredible emotion that crosses the experts of the planets Science is moving. It transforms the world. It is a vector of emotions. The reader benefits from having this cultural baggage".