19 April 2023
Marine algae could replace plastic, massively cut our carbon emissions and help feed billions of people healthily, according to an excellent new book by Vincent Doumeizel
26 October 2022
An exploration of the deep feeling under the surface of consumerist lives, this film follows Unoaku, who never leaves her flat, as she begins to notice oddities in her slick world, finds Simon Ings
8 September 2022
The spectre of climate change hangs over David Attenborough’s follow-up to Frozen Planet, while two new nature documentary series, Epic Adventures With Bertie Gregory and Super/Natural, are no match for the veteran presenter
8 June 2022
A high octane mix of war, techno thrills and sports movie, Top Gun: Maverick devotes itself to nostalgia in a well-told tale of misunderstanding and redemption – and superfast planes
30 September 2020
Must-read book The Drone Age by Michael J. Boyle reveals how drone technology is challenging everything we do – and how we think about war and peace
27 November 2019
Cultural evolution defines us as humans, but its products kill as people weaponise consumer tech and climate change threatens Earth, argue two new books
19 June 2019
At last week’s games mecca, E3, titles like Watch Dogs Legion and Cyperpunk 2077 played on our uneasiness about tech, channelling the darkness of Netflix’s Black Mirror
4 July 2018
Statisticians Nick Polson and James Scott want us to use AI for good. But their new book AIQ struggles to show us how, says Julie Freeman
27 June 2018
Savvy, old-school patronage may be the only way scientifically complex, sophisticated artworks can be made now – to judge by Europe’s largest art fair
30 December 2017
Compassionate, caring, conflicted, bigoted, self-absorbed, narcissistic, downright evil: as pervasive and powerful AI arrives, it will reflect who we are
