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Citizen Sleeper is a lo-fi cyberpunk RPG set aboard a decaying space station called Erlin’s Eye

Citizen Sleeper review: A cyberpunk RPG with an emotional core

5 May 2022

This lo-fi role-playing game set aboard a decaying space station sees you play as a Sleeper, a human mind in a robot body. Multiple storylines to explore create a fantastic sci-fi tapestry, finds Jacob Aron


Wildcat review: Come for cute animals, stay for nuanced psychology

Wildcat review: Come for cute animals, stay for nuanced psychology

30 December 2022

An unusual nature documentary features a battle-scarred soldier who finds salvation in the Amazon rainforest, caring for an injured ocelot cub and developing a complex relationship with the founder of a wildlife rescue centre


Should people with mental health conditions be drugged to stand trial?

Should people with mental health conditions be drugged to stand trial?

25 September 2019

A US trial is bringing the questionable practice of forced medication into the spotlight – but in the UK and elsewhere voices are growing for its use, says Laura Spinney


Before building another telescope, learn from Hawaiian culture

Before building another telescope, learn from Hawaiian culture

30 July 2019

Amid continued protests over the construction of the Thirty Metre Telescope on Mauna Kea, Haunani Kane suggests scientists can learn from Hawaiian culture


Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

18 July 2019

Making “greener” fuels by adding bioethanol to petrol will wreck the environment, not save it. We need to focus on making electric cars work, says Michael Le Page


A child playing in the mud

Telling us to stop washing our hands is dangerous and unacceptable

5 April 2019

Media misinterpretations of the hygiene hypothesis are encouraging us to stop washing our hands - and it's undermining our public health, says Sally Bloomfield


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Climate change is the new normal but we don’t seem to notice

2 March 2019

An analysis of Twitter data suggests weird weather is soon viewed as normal, which means we risk ignoring the effects of climate change, says Frances Moore


We should cautiously welcome use of a form of ketamine for depression

We should cautiously welcome use of a form of ketamine for depression

12 March 2019

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a form of ketamine for use in treatment-resistant depression. While there are unknowns, it is a welcome move, says Celia Morgan


We all love Marie Kondo. So why is tidying up so hard?

We all love Marie Kondo. So why is tidying up so hard?

15 January 2019

The Japanese neatness consultant has inspired millions to declutter. So why is getting your home Instagrammably neat so difficult, asks David H. Freedman


Daniel Craig as James Bond, leaning on an Aston Martin

James Bond is making the switch to an electric car, so when will you?

19 March 2019

You don’t need to be green to embrace an electric car – their design and performance now rivals their gas-guzzling equivalents, says Jason Barlow