Originally posted by ptobler
Could try reading New Scientist & Scientific American -
They don't help with the fundamentals, great magazines but not for beginners. I know you don't need a lot of science to read them but there are too many subjects talked about, not focused on basic science.
Here is a link for physics, several answers with different books, like the Feynman lectures for freshmen physics and such;
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/a-good-book-for-basic-physics-for-a-beginner.517281/
For other sciences, here is a list of what they consider the 100 best science books:
http://oedb.org/ilibrarian/100-all-time-greatest-popular-science-books/