Mars bars: Why it’s time to write a national anthem for the Red Planet
15 January 2020
Stirring music for stirring deeds, plus the correct name for an Earthling and how Google got its emoji scissors wrong in Feedback’s weekly weird round-up
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Found 368 results for sci-fi
William Gibson's Agency drops time-travel paradoxes for big questions
8 January 2020
William Gibson's Agency is part of a new batch of sci-fi that adds intriguing ethical wrinkles to the classic time-travel genre, says columnist Sally Adee
The best new books, films and games to enjoy in 2020
1 January 2020
Wondering what to read, watch and see this year? Here's our cracking cultural calendar of the most interesting non-fiction, films, games, events and sci-fi in 2020
From Star Wars to Hitchhiker's – how to make the best drinks in sci-fi
18 December 2019
New Scientist combines mixology with science fiction to produce recipes for the finest drinks in this – or any other – universe, from Bantha Milk to Ambrosia
Seasonal gift ideas for lovers of terrific science reads and top films
4 December 2019
Stuck for ideas on what to get the science lover in your life? From great sci-fi to books on how to build a pond or see the stars, these are the cultural gems that staff at New Scientist recommend
Fighting cancer: How growing mini organs could create better treatment
2 December 2019
Stem cell technology lets us grow mini organs from scratch, providing new opportunities to develop personalised cancer treatments. Vivian Li explains how body regeneration is becoming more than sci-fi
Human Nature film review: Telling the CRISPR story with wit and verve
27 November 2019
How much do you really know about the revolutionary gene-editing technology called CRISPR? A sharp independent film will have you up to speed in no time, finds Simon Ings in his latest column
How The Expanse is still putting humans at the heart of sci-fi
20 November 2019
As sci-fi series The Expanse returns for a fourth season, on Amazon Prime, its authors (writing as James S.A. Corey) reveal how real physics and human frailty make for a rich world
When robots are ultra-lifelike will it be murder to switch one off?
20 November 2019
Sentient machines with empathy and morality are coming. We urgently need to make some life-and-death decisions about their rights
A sci-fi anthology offers widely divergent glimpses of the future
23 October 2019
From alienated life in post-Arctic Sweden to the failure to engage with tech’s new intimacies, Helen Marshall explores an excellent and diverse new sci-fi anthology
