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Fathom review: What happens when humans try to talk to whales

23 June 2021

Documentary Fathom on Apple TV+ tracks two biologists as they study how humpback whales talk to each other and try to get involved in the conversation

Awake review: What would happen if nobody could sleep?

11 June 2021

Netflix’s Awake tackles the nightmare world where no one can sleep. But how close is it to reality?

We Are Satellites review: What brain implants could do to family life

9 June 2021

A brain implant boosts multi-tasking and attention span – what will it really mean for society? An unusual sci-fi novel asks the all right questions

Don't Miss: Awake on Netflix is set in a world where no one can sleep

2 June 2021

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In Silico review: The ambitious project to recreate the human brain

19 May 2021

In Silico doesn't look slick, but it is a sharply scripted documentary about an ambitious, billion-euro project to model the intricacies of the human brain – and in just 10 years, says Simon Ings

Don't Miss: Netflix's Oxygen, a sci-fi thriller with a shocking twist

5 May 2021

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Don't Miss: Netflix's Jupiter's Legacy features sci-fi parent envy

28 April 2021

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Don’t Miss: The Handmaid’s Tale returns with season 4

21 April 2021

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Why do so many people love android killer Murderbot?

14 April 2021

Fugitive Telemetry, the latest instalment of the Murderbot series, shows readers still can't get enough of the killing-machine that prefers boxsets to interacting with humans. What's its secret, asks Sally Adee