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
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
19 January 2022
New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn't miss
12 January 2022
Space colonies offer rich people a way off a broken Earth in Tochi Onyebuchi's latest sci-fi novel, but the pull of home is a powerful force, says Sally Adee
12 January 2022
New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn't miss
29 December 2021
Star Trek, Star Wars and Avatar are all back in what will be a great year on screen for fans of space and other frontiers
29 December 2021
The This by Adam Roberts, Mickey7 by Edward Ashton and Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak by Charlie Jane Anders are just some of the treats we are looking forward to this year
8 December 2021
If you can ignore the unlikely premise of being able to tap into dead people's memories, Apple TV+'s first Korean language offering is fun to watch
8 December 2021
An invasion of microscopic aliens sets the scene for Encounter, a sci-fi film starring Riz Ahmed that feels a little like two films jammed together
8 December 2021
The ease with which words can be used to get inside our heads is explored in two excellent dystopian books, Outcast by Louise Carey and Battle of the Linguist Mages by Scotto Moore, says Sally Adee
