Don’t Miss: A new book exploring how AI can help us speak whale

Visit True Crime meets research at this New Scientist event featuring writer Val McDermid, psychologist Mark Freestone and forensic investigator Niamh Nic Daeid. At London’s Conway Hall from 6.30pm on 16 March. Read How to Speak Whale is a question that has intrigued humans for centuries. Now that AI is helping us decode animal languages, … Read more

Don’t miss: The live launch of NASA’s latest environmental satellite

New Scientist’s weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn’t miss Humans 23 February 2022 Read Carbon Queen is Maia Weinstock’s account of the remarkable life of nanoscience pioneer Mildred Dresselhaus, who, from the 1950s, defied society’s expectations of women to become an influential scientist and engineer. Daniel … Read more

The Man Who Tasted Words review: Inside the odd world of human senses

A new book by neurologist Guy Leschziner looks at the astonishing ways some people’s brains interpret the world, offering insight into how we all experience reality Humans 23 February 2022 By Carissa Wong Tasting words is one possible outcome of crossed sensory wires in the brain Shutterstock/Brian Mueller The Man Who Tasted Words: Inside the … Read more

IDW honors ‘The Rocketeer’ 40th anniversary with daring new comic book miniseries

If you’re an avid fan of Golden Age pulp heroes who strap jetpacks to their backs, thwart dastardly villains and rescue damsels in distress, then mark your calendar for this April when IDW Publishing salutes the 40th anniversary of “The Rocketeer” with a new four-issue miniseries titled, “The Rocketeer: The Great Race.” Creator Dave Stevens’ … Read more

‘The Book of Boba Fett’ season finale is pure ‘Star Wars,’ in all that’s both good and bad

Warning: Spoilers ahead for “The Book of Boba Fett” Episode 7 Everything that we’ve seen up to now in “The Book of Boba Fett” had been leading us to this moment, and it does not disappoint.  Episode 7 begins right where we left off last week as Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison), Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) … Read more

Want to use the James Webb Space Telescope? Here’s how scientists book time with the giant observatory.

The hottest commodity in astronomy these days is time — specifically, time using NASA’s brand-new, ultra-powerful observatory. The James Webb Space Telescope, also known as JWST or Webb, launched on Dec. 25, 2021, and is scheduled to begin science observations by this summer. Astronomers eagerly await that moment: Scientists believe that the telescope’s sensitivity and … Read more

‘The Book of Boba Fett’ Chapter 6 is full or surprises, for better or for worse

Warning: Spoilers ahead for “The Book of Boba Fett” episode 6 Last week’s impressive information-overload-of-an-episode was always going to be a tough act to follow and executive producer, and co-creator of “The Mandalorian” Dave Filoni stepped up to the challenge this week.  However, for reasons that will soon become clear, it is now obvious that … Read more

Ancient evils arise in IDW’s new ‘Transformers: War’s End’ comic book miniseries

San Diego-based IDW Publishing has been at the front lines of “Transformers” tie-in, one-shot, and spinoff comic books starring those sentient robots in disguise since they first acquired the licensing rights from Hasbro back in 2005. Since then, IDW has been the champion of more than 400 “Transformers”-centric issues representing the longest-running era of “Transformers” … Read more

How the World Really Works review: The tech that underpins society

From how food is grown to how we generate power, Vaclav Smil’s new book outlines the basic technologies that keep society going and commands us to know them better Humans 2 February 2022 By Simon Ings IN SUCH a complex world, no one can be expected to understand everything. But for energy expert Vaclav Smil, … Read more