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Hello Tomorrow! review: Selling holiday homes on the moon

15 February 2023

Apple TV+'s compelling new science-fiction offering is a retro-futurist piece, more 20th-century US social drama than technofest

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A message for today from last century's vast telephone exchanges

15 February 2023

A telecommunications museum in Seattle, with a working exchange from the 1940s, shows how telephones brought us together – but also tore us apart, says Annalee Newitz

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Marvel's Midnight Suns review: Meet your heroes in new strategy game

8 February 2023

In Marvel's Midnight Suns, you are in charge of a team of superheroes who fight villains but also hang out. Who wouldn't want to go fishing with Spider-Man or play video games with Wolverine, asks Jacob Aron

Springtime on Mars: Hubble's Best View of the Red Planet

The First City on Mars review: How to make life on Mars a reality

8 February 2023

Living on Mars will take enormous work, but urban planner Justin Hollander is already on the case in this guide to settling the Red Planet

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Arch-Conspirator review: Ancient Greek tragedy spun into sci-fi gold

1 February 2023

Veronica Roth's dystopian take on Sophocles's 2500-year-old tragedy reminds us that human nature is timeless, finds Sally Adee

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How could I theoretically reach other dimensions in the multiverse?

25 January 2023

Even if they exist, there is no conceivable way to get to other multiverses, say some readers. Others advocate mind-altering drugs, wardrobes and even a tumble dryer to access other dimensions

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M3gan review: A chilling sci-fi film about the dangers of AI care

25 January 2023

It pays to know what you really need from a sophisticated learning machine, particularly if you don't want a killer robot on your hands, says Simon Ings

Replacement of the heart of the CMS experiment - the pixel detector, Part2 Date: 07-03-2017 This week, one of the Large Hadron Collider?s experiments gets a ?heart transplant?. --- Physicists and engineers are replacing the heart of the CMS experiment - the pixel #detector. This will improve CMS?s ability to make precise measurements on aspects of the Standard Model, including the properties of the #HiggsBoson. The #LHC and its experiments are currently preparing to wake up this spring, when the accelerator will begin to collide particles once more at close to the speed of light.

Collision review: How CERN's stellar secrets became sci-fi gold

25 January 2023

Margaret Drabble, Luan Goldie, Steven Moffat and Stephen Baxter are among the top writers in Collision, an anthology that transmutes CERN's elusive research into science fiction

THE LAST OF US takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journey as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.

The Last of Us review: An excellent example of fungal horror

18 January 2023

From Hannibal to Whitechapel and now this fine adaptation of a bestselling video game, why do fungi so often steal the show in TV thrillers, wonders Bethan Ackerley

TitleUnder The Waves PlatformsNS, PC, PS4, PS5, XO, XSX FromQuantic Dream Release date2023 Under The Waves? will immerse players in gorgeous environments, where exploration of caves, wrecks and underwater wildlife will be key to guiding Stan through an unforeseen series of events, deeper and deeper into the abyss. Following mysterious manifestations of his memories, Stan will have the difficult choice to stay lost in the depths forever or break free to the surface.

The best video games out in 2023

11 January 2023

From exploring the world of The Expanse to Starfield, a sci-fi role-playing game set in the 24th century, there is much to look forward to this year. Let's just hope there are no more delays, says Jacob Aron