Idle Motion's Voyager struggles to clear the tower
2 June 2016
Space exploration is a rich subject for theatre, but London's latest spacefaring production carries more cargo than it can handle
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Can two new books save the internet from its own success?
26 April 2016
Monopolies love, and more or less own, the internet - but Pat Kane believes its revolutionary potential is not yet lost
Other minds and cryptominds, from babies to robots to God
20 April 2016
The Mind Club is a witty, insightful guide to other minds, rounded off with smart thinking about thinking in an age of neuroscience
The Man Who Knew Infinity fails to break the mathematical mould
20 April 2016
One of the world's greatest mathematicians, Srinivasa Ramanujan is still unknown to Westerners – but does a Hollywood biopic about his life and work have to be this safe?
Past, present, future: How do we deal with time?
13 April 2016
How do we shape the past? Or the future? Is boredom in the present good for us? Two new books take on the complexities of how we experience time
Take a punt: The thrilling science of risk and chance
13 April 2016
In a world where luck, risk and probability control our everyday lives, three books help us cope better with tricky choices
The Man Who Knew Infinity fails to break the mathematical mould
8 April 2016
One of the world's greatest mathematicians, Srinivasa Ramanujan is still unknown to Westerners – but does a Hollywood biopic about his life and work have to be this safe?
New Scientist's 2016 Sci-Fi-London competition: the results
8 April 2016
Discover who made the final shortlist in our film pitch competition and the eventual winner, who takes away two tickets to New Scientist Live this September
The play X will have you clock-watching - but in a good way
7 April 2016
A thrilling new science-fiction play by Alistair McDowall carries Stewart Pringle a long way from home
Savagely malled: Why 'smart' cities aren't so smart
6 April 2016
We don’t need complicated technologies to make our cities tick, argue two new books – we need citizens