
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

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

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

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

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

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

25 February 2021
My Octopus Teacher, Feels Good Man, Spaceship Earth, and Icarus are all great science documentaries available to stream at the moment

10 June 2020
New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn't miss

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

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

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