Social media is dead – here’s what comes next 23. July 2025 (20:00) A new information ecosystem is on the rise, featuring closer connections, cosy media and worker-owned websites, writes Annalee Newitz(New Scientist)
Anthropic AI goes rogue when trying to run a vending machine 23. July 2025 (20:00) Feedback watches with raised eyebrows as Anthropic's AI Claude is given the job of running the company vending machine, and goes a little off the rails(New Scientist)
Fictional female robots have a long history, and it's often quite dark 23. July 2025 (20:00) Sierra Greer's novel about a female robot, Annie Bot, just won a prestigious sci-fi prize, the Arthur C Clarke award. But she is hardly the first of her kind, says Sophie Bushwick(New Scientist)
Triumphant images of women who climbed to new heights 23. July 2025 (20:00) Mountaineering Women: Climbing through history tells the stories of more than a dozen female climbers who have conquered the world's greatest peaks(New Scientist)
The Prestige is just as clever and thrilling 30 years on 23. July 2025 (20:00) Rival magicians in Victorian England both claim they can teleport. Is this all illusion, asks Emily H. Wilson, as she explores Christopher Priest’s extraordinary novel, The Prestige(New Scientist)