This is a serious article about a serious issue.

That morning, though, had brought five serious articles, and these would have to be looked at carefully.

Apparently he doesn't read The Times, whose science section published a serious article featuring both of us only three weeks earlier.

Jon, thanks for getting back to serious articles instead of your recent stuff.

How can someone pretend to write a serious article about food shortage in Africa without acknowledging the central role played by population increase?

The early issues of Men Only often contained serious articles and interviews, though since the 1980s these have largely been omitted.

But he also wrote a number of serious articles about consumer affairs.

Is this supposed to be a serious article?

I feel exactly the same terror when I read serious articles.

They are not a comic supplement but are right there among all the intelligent serious article.