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Millions of people take antidepressants each day, but a major new review of the data brings up some concerns with how the drugs are currently prescribed. In fact, when taken over long periods for mild and moderate depression, antidepressants may be doing patients more harm than good, the review explains. That’s not to say … Read more
By Rowan Hooper NIKO TAVERNISE/NETFLIX The Netflix disaster-satire film Don’t Look Up is a thinly-veiled metaphor for humanity’s haphazard efforts to tackle climate change, told through the story of a giant comet that’s on a collision course with Earth. New Scientist podcast editor Rowan Hooper reviewed Don’t Look Up with the help of Emily Atkin, … Read more
By Simon Ings Getty Images/iStockphoto The first rule of popular science is to reveal the wonder and mystery of the world. For that reason, Sentient (Picador), written by photographer and wildlife film-maker Jackie Higgins, is my personal pick of the year. It reveals how the 86 billion nerve cells in the human nervous system afford … Read more
An uplifting film tells the story of how George Jarrett Helm Jr became a leading voice in a movement for environmental and Indigenous rights in Hawaii Humans 1 December 2021 By Simon Ings The US military used Kaho’olawe as target practice for decades Courtesy of CCFF 2021/Hawaiian Soul Film Hawaiian Soul ‘Āina Paikai WHAT IS … Read more
By Gregory Wakeman Malik (Riz Ahmed, centre) is determined to prepare his sons to fight the aliens Amazon Content Services LLC Encounter Michael Pearce UK cinemas, Amazon Prime ENCOUNTER brings together three of the most exciting stars in the British film industry: director Michael Pearce, whose debut feature Beast was critically acclaimed on its release … Read more
By Josh Bell When Dr Sewon Koh uploads memories from dead people, he doesn’t always like what he sees Courtesy of Apple Dr. Brain Apple TV+ WITH a name like Dr Brain, the title character of the first South Korean-language series from Apple TV+ sounds like he should be a second-string Marvel superhero. Yet while … Read more
Photoshop Elements is Adobe’s novice-friendly image-editing app. You buy it as a one-off purchase rather than as a subscription, and there’s a new version every year, and over time it has evolved into a sophisticated piece of software. We rated the 2021 version as one of the best photo editing apps for amateurs — but the … Read more
It’s only four minutes into the new Netflix comet impact film “Don’t Look Up” when astrophysicist Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio, “Inception”; “Before the Flood”) makes his first mistake. Mindy is leading a team trying to figure out the position and pathway of the newly discovered object, “and that will check the distance between the comet … Read more