New Scientist recommends: Love + Science and The Price of Peace
5 July 2023
The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week
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Mark Rylance play: Who was Dr Semmelweis and what did he discover?
23 June 2023
New Scientist talks to actor Mark Rylance, writer Stephen Brown and director Tom Morris about their new play Dr Semmelweis, which spotlights the work of this maverick 19th-century obstetrician
We’ve seen wolf pups play fetch just like dogs for the first time
16 January 2020
Wolf pups have been seen playing fetch with humans, a behaviour we thought was unique to domesticated dogs
Why fun is so important and how we benefit from play
8 January 2020
How do you get to be a professor of play? Paul Ramchandani on fun, why playing is good for people of all ages and what games he plays with his kids
Don't miss: Kubrick's genius, Haida mythology and the power of emotion
16 April 2019
Explore the life and work of director Stanley Kubrick, watch ancient folklore in an endangered language, and discover how emotion shapes the human brain
The Wider Earth review – Darwin's Beagle days make a gripping play
7 November 2018
An unusual venue stages an intriguing play about Darwin's Beagle days as London's Natural History Museum turns theatrical–with superb puppets as exotic wildlife
Don't Miss: Comic promise, robot TV and a festival of errors
29 August 2018
The first season of comedy Young Sheldon, AI choosing TV from the BBC archive and a rather unusual festival
Now Play This! A festival that's game for anything
19 April 2018
Ideas held centre stage, and technology was kept in its place, over a weekend of games at London's Somerset House
