The best new books, films and games to enjoy in 2020
1 January 2020
Wondering what to read, watch and see this year? Here's our cracking cultural calendar of the most interesting non-fiction, films, games, events and sci-fi in 2020
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Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring
24 May 2019
The trailer for the new season of Netflix's Black Mirror suggests the show will continue to capture our collective disquiet about technology – this time with a stellar new cast including Miley Cyrus and Andrew Scott
Don’t miss: Earth from space, asteroid workouts and nature’s giants
10 April 2019
Watch a new series charting our planet from above, read all about the biggest living things, fend off space rocks for fun, plus more picks for your diary
Life lessons: The tiny neuro-gadgets rebuilding our bodies
7 February 2018
Nature's designs are helping to build amazing new devices that link to the body and each other, reveals a fascinating book called Bioinspired Devices
The latest science reads remind us why we really do need experts
2 November 2017
Mary Halton reflects on how books on forecasting, rock-reading and the grisly world of Victorian medicine highlight how we have always relied on those in the know
Is evolution about chance or fate? Well, it depends
18 October 2017
Jonathan Losos's book Improbable Destinies tackles a controversy in biology - and finds that humans aren't all that different from the platypus
Too much information? The data-driven future of health
18 October 2017
Ever more bioinformation is readily available through tracking devices and databases – but does it risk getting up too close and personal, asks a new book
Natural history books that look inside the minds of animals
18 October 2017
Who says the thoughts and perceptions of animals are closed to us? Adrian Barnett finds out what it is like to be a...
The enigma of the face in forming first impressions
9 August 2017
First impressions based on the face can badly mislead us, even though that seems to make no evolutionary sense. Two books explore where we are with this puzzle
