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The best sci-fi TV shows of all time, according to New Scientist

The best sci-fi TV shows of all time, according to New Scientist

1 January 2025

We asked our writers to pick their favourite science fiction television series. Here are the results, from Battlestar Galactica to Futurama
Tom Gauld on the best look for space

Tom Gauld on the best look for space

1 January 2025

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
A quarantine control notice at Narita airport in Japan in January 2020

The key events during the covid-19 pandemic

1 January 2025

Many dates stick in our minds as we reflect on five years of living with covid-19 - here are some of the most memorable ones
Will there be another pandemic after covid-19 and are we prepared?

Will there be another pandemic after covid-19 and are we prepared?

1 January 2025

Covid-19 is responsible for the deaths of millions of people around the world, but researchers fear the next global outbreak could be even worse, making it vital that we start preparing for that unknown pathogen now
Covid-19 led to a new era of vaccines that could transform medicine

Covid-19 led to a new era of vaccines that could transform medicine

1 January 2025

mRNA vaccines have been a long time coming, but were only approved after covid-19 emerged, marking the beginning of a new way of preventing – and treating – various conditions
Someone with long covid having rehabilitation at the Vall d'Hebron hospital in Barcelona, Spain, in June 2020

Everything we know about long covid - including how to reduce the risk

1 January 2025

Some people have been living with long covid for five years, but we are still just starting to learn about its exact causes and how best to treat the condition
Twisteddoodles on unusual scientific acronyms

Twisteddoodles on unusual scientific acronyms

1 January 2025

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
An aerial photo taken in January 2020 shows excavators at the construction site of a new hospital being built to treat people with covid-19 in Wuhan, China

The most iconic images taken during the covid-19 pandemic

1 January 2025

Many emotive and inspiring photographs were taken when covid-19 turned our lives upside down – here are some of the best pictures from the past five years
2DAC6P0 Sculpture 'Medics to the World' honouring the health care workers battling Covid-19

This week’s new questions

1 January 2025

There are good and bad bacteria, but are there any good viruses? And what would happen if all viruses suddenly disappeared? And should we be thinking about genetic modifications for the humans that we send to colonise Mars?
How the covid-19 pandemic distorted our experience of time

How the covid-19 pandemic distorted our experience of time

1 January 2025

Many of us experienced time differently in the pandemic. Learning why can help us, say Ruth Ogden and Patricia Kingori

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