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New Scientist’s weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn’t miss Humans 2 February 2022 Read Strange Bedfellows accompany many of us through our lives, yet most of us know next to nothing about common sexually transmitted infections. Ina Park aims to change all that in this upbeat … Read more
It’s a shame that the best episode of “The Book of Boba Fett” didn’t even feature him, but what an episode! (Image credit: Disney/Lucasfilm) Warning: Spoilers ahead for “The Book of Boba Fett” Episode 5 There are so many things to take away from episode 5 of “The Book of Boba Fett,” the new spinoff … Read more
By George Bass HOW did humans progress from measuring time with stone solstice markers to a smart watch on which it is also possible to read this review? In A Brief History of Timekeeping, Chad Orzel, physicist and author of bestselling book How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog, turns his enthusiasm for time … Read more
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “The Book of Boba Fett” Chapter 4 Like many recent contemporary science fiction shows, “The Book of Boba Fett” uses a number of different directors throughout a single season. This has perhaps been most noticeable in “Star Trek: Discovery” where the pace, tone and amount of time given to secondary plots … Read more
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “The Book of Boba Fett” chapter 3 Expectations were dangerously high after the incredible episode 2 of “The Book of Boba Fett” on Disney Plus and it’s safe to say, nothing that happened this week could’ve possibly been predicted — in both good and bad ways, but we’ll get to that. … Read more
Back in August we revealed the first striking covers for another “Dune” tie-in comic book from Boom! Studios titled “Dune: A Whisper of Caladan Seas,” and now the award-winning publisher has recently released a five-page preview of the premiere issue’s lettered interior art and it’s a nothing short of brilliant. This special 40-page one-shot explores … Read more
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “The Book of Boba Fett” chapter 2 We were all pretty excited upon our first watch of the first installment of “The Book of Boba Fett” on Disney Plus, and while it was only 38 minutes long, deep down we were secretly hoping for maybe just a teeny-tiny bit more action. … Read more
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “The Book of Boba Fett” episode 1 Following the first two seasons of “The Mandalorian” it’s safe to say that expectations were high for “The Book of Boba Fett” on Disney Plus and at the same time — despite lots of tantalizing teasers and trailers — we still didn’t know quite what … Read more
Disney’s latest live-action spinoff series from the “Star Wars” universe hit the ether today (Dec. 29), with the first episode of the limited series focusing on arguably the galaxy’s most notorious mercenary, Boba Fett. First introduced in the now-infamous “Star Wars Holiday Special” — a two-hour-long holiday-themed television special that aired in1978 — Fett rose to … Read more
Those talented folk at Hero Collector — the same people who make all those incredible models (and accompanying books) of sci-fi spacecraft — have launched a truly unique book; an extremely colorful and entertaining work based on Grudge the cat’s enlightening perspective of all things USS Discovery. “Star Trek: Discovery – The Book of Grudge” will be … Read more