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3 Body Problem. Sea Shimooka as Sophon in episode 103 of 3 Body Problem. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix ?? 2023

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3 Body Problem review: Cixin Liu's masterpiece arrives on Netflix

Cixin Liu's novel The Three-Body Problem has been turned into an eight-part series for Netflix by the Game of Thrones team. There is much to admire so far, but will the adaptation stay on track, wonders Bethan Ackerley

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51�� recommends Castle of Joy, a harrowing, moving play

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Hollandse Hoogte/Shutterstock (14291785a) GELDERMALSEN - A student puts his cell phone in a phone pocket at ORS Lek and Linge secondary school. Since January 1, 2024, there has been a national ban on the use of mobile phones in the classroom. High School Phone Ban, Geldermalsen, Netherlands - 09 Jan 2024

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Unlocked review: Why we don't need to panic about our phones

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EYY5BE Caucasian artist painting in studio

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Why We Remember review: A surprising and expert guide to memory

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'Play With Me' series

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Annie Bot review: A sharp take on a sex robot that becomes human

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In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight

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In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight

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An animation of the primitive Earth in the process of formation, more than four billion years ago. We view the newborn world from its troubled surface a sea of lava dotted with volcanoes spewing more lava, ash and smoke into the atmosphere. Meteorites fall frequently, illuminating the black, lifeless, surface rocks. And in the sky, the Moon -- much closer to us then than it is now -- endures a similar bombardment.

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The Story of Earth's Climate review: 25 discoveries tell tangled tale

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Father and daughter sitting at kitchen table near window in discussion

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Bad therapy review: Is mental health industry fuelling youth crisis?

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A close-up view of a burial trench between rows of individual graves, excavated between the concrete foundations of the Royal Mint, from the excavation of the Black Death cemetery, East Smithfield, London, view looking west. (Photo by MOLA/Getty Images)

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Crypt review: Alice Roberts on murder and mayhem in the Middle Ages

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New Scientist recommends London's When Forms Come Alive exhibition

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51�� recommends London's When Forms Come Alive exhibition

The books, TV, games and more that 51�� staff have enjoyed this week

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Dune Part Two review: Thrills sure, but not weird enough to be good

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‘It is all but impossible life exists, and yet it is here’

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Read an extract from In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

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Supercommunicators review: Learning how to change deeply held beliefs

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