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Don’t Miss: A fresh look at the enduring mysteries of the big bang

16 February 2022

New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn’t miss


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Mickey7 review: If you want to live forever, read the small print

9 February 2022

In Edward Ashton's novel Mickey7, Mickey gets a shot at immortality by uploading his consciousness, but at what cost, asks Sally Adee


Dr Alex Hoffman is launching VIXAL-4 to investors - an AI-driven system that exploits fear in the financial markets and operates at lightning speed to make big returns. The promise is billions, the rich are ready to get richer... but this is not the day Alex and Hugo had planned. What follows is a high-octane journey through the worst 24 hours of Alex???s life - cutting across reality, memory and paranoid fantasy, forcing him to question everything he sees with his own eyes. In the pulse of Geneva???s financial district, Alex???s sanity is shaken after he is viciously attacked at his home by a man who knows all of his security codes. After more unexplained occurrences, Alex becomes convinced he???s being framed. But as secrets surface from his past, will anyone believe that he isn???t just losing his mind? Detective Leclerc (Montel), assigned to Alex???s case, struggles to work this former CERN scientist out. Hoffman???s talented artist wife, Gabby (Farzad) might just be losing patience this time, whilst Hugo???s only concern is the billion-dollar business on the line. Invention can be lonely, and in a modern world of AI, capitalism and technological breakthroughs, Dr Alex Hoffman is about to learn the hard way how destructive his creation might be???

The Fear Index review: A psychological thriller with a dash of AI

9 February 2022

When a wealthy technology entrepreneur invents an AI-driven system capable of predicting how human fear affects the world's financial markets, nothing turns out quite as he planned


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Moonfall review: Finally an apocalypse movie that’s fun to watch

4 February 2022

Moonfall is a disaster movie that starts slow, but when it gets going it is packed with action, incredible special effects and spooky tentacles emerging from a lunar crater. Despite the subject matter, the film succeeds in taking itself fairly seriously


Climate fiction has come of age – and these fabulous books show why

Climate fiction has come of age – and these fabulous books show why

2 February 2022

As the climate crisis grows, "cli-fi" books are driving action by showing dark, all-too-possible futures, says climate researcher Bill McGuire. Here are some of his favourites


What’s the best way to store movies and images for the next 100 years?

What’s the best way to store movies and images for the next 100 years?

26 January 2022

From paper and vellum to the blockchain and a cave on Pluto, our readers suggest all sorts of ways to store images and movies for posterity


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This week’s new questions

19 January 2022

Why does sticking my tongue out seem to help me concentrate? And if energy cannot be created or destroyed, where does it come from?


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Hard to Be a God: An 80s classic shows modern sci-fi how it’s done

19 January 2022

An upbeat yet moving tale shows how hardship shapes us for the better, and how even utopia has its drawbacks, says Simon Ings


Don't miss: Sci-fi The Orbital Children on Netflix

Don't miss: Sci-fi The Orbital Children on Netflix

19 January 2022

New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn't miss


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