
Bethan Ackerley
Sub-Editor and TV Columnist at New Scientist
subeditor and tv columnist @newscientist. 🍅-meter approved. slattern. she/her
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1 week ago |
newscientist.com | Bethan Ackerley
MurderbotApple TV+Friends and colleagues spent years trying to get me to read , a sci-fi series by Martha Wells about a cyborg security unit that gains free will. I resisted. They pitched it to me as quirky, which raised my hackles, or as comfort reading, which sent them skyrocketing. Not my sort of thing, I thought snootily. But once Apple TV+ said that it would be adapting , the first instalment, I knew I had to give it a read. It…
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1 month ago |
newscientist.com | Bethan Ackerley
Families Like OursBBC iPlayer (UK); no US release date yet announcedI recently wrote a piece for lamenting the lack of a wildly popular TV drama about climate change. A few short weeks later, along comes (BBC iPlayer), a wildly popular (in its native Denmark) TV drama about climate change. Patience was never my strong suit. While I climb down from my high horse, let me tell you a little bit about it. It is…
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1 month ago |
newscientist.com | Bethan Ackerley
Everyone in the UK is talking about . Created by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, the hit TV drama follows the investigation into a 13-year-old boy accused of killing a female classmate. It has sparked conversations about social media and the so-called manosphere, an online community of misogynistic influencers. It has been so widely praised that UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer recently met the team behind to discuss the online radicalisation of teenage boys.
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1 month ago |
newscientist.com | Bethan Ackerley
Black MirrorCharlie BrookerNetflixWhen began in 2011, it was easy to describe: a British horror anthology series about technology. Over time, that description has become fuzzier. It no longer feels very British. It’s not always horrifying or tech-inclined. Sometimes, it’s not even TV: in 2018, an interactive film called let viewers control the life of troubled programmer Stefan (Fionn Whitehead). Now in its seventh season, Black Mirror has metamorphosed again.
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2 months ago |
flipboard.com | Bethan Ackerley
Bill Gates: Within 10 years, AI will replace many doctors and teachers—humans won't be needed 'for most things'Over the next decade, advances in artificial intelligence will mean that humans will no longer be needed "for most things" in the world, says Bill …
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SENTIMENTAL VALUE: yep, we got our Palme d’Or. A beautiful, moving exploration of family pain that flirts with exploitation on the surface but remains subtle and elegant throughout. Stellan Skarsgård might just be the best actor in the world — and so is Reinsve #Cannes2025 https://t.co/xCrsU2m3wP