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The Dream Season 2 review: How the wellness industry ropes people in

The Dream Season 2 review: How the wellness industry ropes people in

4 March 2020

The second season of podcast The Dream debunks much of the wellness industry, but creating empathy for the people caught up in it is where the show shines


Characters from Resident Evil 3

Resident Evil 3 review: A glimpse into post-pandemic fiction

7 April 2020

The video game Resident Evil 3 was in development long before the coronavirus outbreak, but it holds up a mirror to the strange times we live in today


Westworld season 3 review: Five-star TV where nothing is what it seems

Westworld season 3 review: Five-star TV where nothing is what it seems

18 March 2020

Westworld is soon to return with season three. Four episodes in to the impossibly glamorous, highly urbanised future, I can't wait to find out what's going on, writes Emily Wilson


A demon from Doom

Doom Eternal review: A welcome adrenaline-inducing distraction

17 March 2020

Doom Eternal does contain gratuitous violence, but the evidence suggests violence in video games doesn't affect people's behaviour in the real world, says Jacob Aron


Will Instagram filters alter our view of beauty and who we are?

Will Instagram filters alter our view of beauty and who we are?

26 February 2020

We’re used to tweaking our digital selves to look thinner or more attractive. A new generation of Instagram filters could drastically change how we perceive ourselves


Network Effect artwork

Network Effect review: A glorious thought-provoking Murderbot tale

29 April 2020

Martha Wells's action-packed novel Network Effect puts you inside the head of a Murderbot. It raises fascinating questions you will think about for a long time, says Sally Adee


A chimpanzee eats a mango in a tree. National Geographic's JANE GOODALL: THE HOPE picks up where JANE (2017) left off, following Jane Goodall through three generations of advocacy work as she meets with everyone from schoolchildren in Zanzibar to Prince Harry and spreads a message of hope in a time of immense environmental change. (National Geographic/Bill Wallauer)

Jane Goodall: We must protect chimps from being exposed to covid-19

22 April 2020

Jane Goodall has tirelessly fought for a better world for humans and wildlife, and with covid-19 we must stay positive, she says 


Devs

Devs: Here's the real science behind the quantum computing TV show

29 April 2020

In TV series Devs, a tech company has built an extremely powerful quantum computer. The show is both beautiful and captivating, says Rowan Hooper


Proxima review: Eva Green shines as a troubled astronaut

Proxima review: Eva Green shines as a troubled astronaut

29 July 2020

Alice Winocour's new film Proxima shows the difficulties of balancing family life with a career as an astronaut, finds Simon Ings


David Attenborough in Chernobyl, Ukraine while recording his latest documentary

David Attenborough’s A Life on Our Planet is a powerful call to action

23 March 2020

David Attenborough’s highly personal new documentary A Life On Our Planet allows the nature filmmaker to say what he really thinks about our destructive ways