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Technology

Hannah Fry: 'AI can do some superhuman things – but so can forklifts'

Mathematician Hannah Fry travels to the front lines of AI in her new BBC documentary AI Confidential with Hannah Fry. She talks to Bethan Ackerley about what the technology is doing to us – for better and for worse

Culture

MB05RG Oysters and champagne with lemon wedge and mignette dressing on white plate on blue distressed vintage table.

Life

New Scientist recommends The Big Oyster: History on the half shell

Culture

GERMANY. 1990. Celebrating the unification of Germany on October 3, 1990 at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin.

Mind

What to read this week: Bonded by Evolution by Paul Eastwick

Culture

Man behind a curtain back

Comment

Exploring sci-fi treats from George Saunders and Matthew Kressel

Culture

4238_D045_00238_R Jessie Buckley stars as Agnes and Joe Alwyn as Bartholomew in director Chlo?? Zhao???s HAMNET, a Focus Features release. Credit: Agata Grzybowska / ?? 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLC

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New Scientist recommends Hamnet, and its look at our links with nature

Culture

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Sony Pictures

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New Scientist recommends 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

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Illustration depicting a tidal disruption event (TDE). TDEs are causes when a star passes close to a supermassive black hole and get torn apart by the gravity of the latter. The debris forms a fan-shaped pattern around the black hole before eventually falling in.

Space

A new 'brief history' of the universe paints a wide picture

Culture

The Beauty -- Pictured: Bella Hadid as Ruby. CR: Philippe Antonello/FX

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The Beauty may be horror TV but it misses the genre's point

Culture

Unexpectedly moving book makes the case for the Arctic

Environment

Unexpectedly moving book makes the case for the Arctic

Culture

Our verdict on Annie Bot: This novel about a sex robot split opinions

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Our verdict on Annie Bot: This novel about a sex robot split opinions

Members of the New Scientist Book Club give their take on Sierra Greer's award-winning science-fiction novel Annie Bot, our read for February – and the needle swings wildly from positive to negative

Culture

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New Scientist recommends pioneering artist Ryoji Ikeda's new work

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Physics

A remarkable book on quantum mechanics reveals a really big idea

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Fascinating but flawed book explores how sickness shapes our lives

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Physics

Engaging look at friction shows how it keeps our world rubbing along

Culture