A shot from Human, about our ancient ancestors BBC/BBC Studios Human (BBC iPlayer/NOVA) Ella al-Shamahi is the perfect guide to our ancient ancestors. In Human, she takes us on a whistle-stop tour of our past over a span of 300,000 years, including our turbulent relations with other hominins. The palaeoanthropologist builds a complex story in…
Adrià Voltà Where once they lived in our backyards, many pets – for better and for worse – have now transitioned to a pampered life as “fur baby” family members. The American Veterinary Medical Association recently highlighted that pet owners were projected to spend nearly $1 billion on costumes for their pets this year. Many…
In Common Side Effects, Marshall makes a key discovery Warner Bros. Discovery Cataclysms, conspiracies and rebellions featured in many of 2025’s biggest sci-fi shows. And while all that instability reflects poorly on the state of our world, at least it did make for fantastic television. Here are six series that should be on your to-watch…
Josie Ford Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more Locked out The phrase “you couldn’t make it up”, Feedback feels, is often misunderstood. It doesn’t mean there are limits to the imagination, but rather that there are some developments you can’t include in a fictional story because…
Swimmers in January at Beckenham Place Park lake in London AMcCulloch / Alamy It’s 8am and I’m standing at the edge of my local lake at Beckenham Place Park in London, the early morning sun just beginning to peek over the trees. A layer of mist is rising from the cold water and all is…
1 hour ago Yang Tianand Hafsa Khalil Watch: Explosions rock Kyiv after overnight Russian strikes Russia and Ukraine launched overnight drone strikes against each other as the US confirmed American officials were set to meet Russian representatives in Abu Dhabi as part of efforts to end the war. Officials in Kyiv said at least six…
Photograph: Pete Cottell Others Tested Four Sigmatic Organic Coffee for $20: Four Sigmatic was founded about a decade ago by Finnish-American bohos who had the prescience to market mushroom coffee to woo-woo Angelenos who are rich enough to disregard science. Its catalog is expansive and includes a whole constellation of mushroom-infused ingestibles, with bagged, preground…
Michael Calore: OK. There’s a lot of lingo. Boone Ashworth: I had a lot of coffee today, and that actually really helped. Manisha Krishnan: It did calm me down a little bit, but, yeah, I was honestly struggling to follow his instruction because of the jargon he was using. Michael Calore: Yeah. So the lift-out…
We’ve long been sweet on the Swedes at Teenage Engineering, who make all manner of synthesizers, rhythm boxes, and other wizardly audio trinkets, all with a drool-inducing design aesthetic. This latest entry pays homage to the classic sounds of roots reggae and dancehall music from 1970s and ’80s Jamaica. The Riddim comes loaded with hundreds…
Compare Our Top 11 Down Comforters More Comforters We’ve Tested If you want a warm blanket but you don’t want traditional down, consider a down alternative, or a comforter made with eucalyptus or bamboo. Buffy Breeze Comforter Courtesy of Buffy Buffy Breeze Comforter: The Buffy Breeze Comforter has been on my bed for years. It’s…