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Netflix invents new green-screen filming method using magenta light

7 July 2023

A faster and more accurate method for putting footage of actors in different backgrounds allows directors to see how their shots will appear as they film them


David Attenborough

Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough review

15 April 2022

David Attenborough joins palaeontologist Robert DePalma at the Tanis site in North Dakota as he unearths the story of the dinosaurs’ death in this thrilling documentary


David Attenborough pictured in the Maasai Mara, Kenya

Breaking Boundaries review: Attenborough on climate change facts

2 June 2021

Netflix documentary Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet is a deep-dive into the nine natural processes upon which all life on Earth depends, featuring David Attenborough and Johan Rockström


Gus (Christian Convery) in Sweet Tooth

Sweet Tooth Review: An eccentric mix of sci-fi and fantasy

1 June 2021

Netflix’s Sweet Tooth is a hopeful take on coping with the fall-out of a deadly pandemic, set in a world featuring human-animal hybrids


Tula (Sharon Duncan-Brewster) with Cady (Eleanor Tomlinson, left) and Genevieve (Diany Samba-Bandza, right) in Intergalactic

Intergalactic review: A promising prison-break drama set in 2143

21 April 2021

Intergalactic, a new show on Sky and streaming service NOW, follows a group who commandeer a spaceship to avoid prison. It's packed with plot and has the potential to be an exciting series


My Octopus Teacher

The 21 best science documentaries you should watch right now

25 February 2021

My Octopus Teacher, Feels Good Man, Spaceship Earth, and Icarus are all great science documentaries available to stream at the moment


Don't miss: A Nobel prizewinner's inside story of modern physics

Don't miss: A Nobel prizewinner's inside story of modern physics

10 June 2020

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


Steve Carell plays General Naird, chief of the fictional Space Force

Space Force review: The sitcom is almost as comical as the real thing

26 May 2020

The newly created US Space Force has provided a lot of laughs since its inception. A TV satire about it is almost as funny as the original, says Simon Ings


Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman: 'A story will help us make sense of anything'

11 May 2020

In His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman touches on difficult philosophical and scientific questions about our existence. We spoke to him about science, daemons and dust


Rick and Morty

Don't Miss: Rick & Morty are returning to Netflix

29 April 2020

Ricky & Morty are back on Netflix, a new online exhibition shows art in the making and book A Life Without End sees a writer attempt to avoid death


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