As I was walking out of the IMAX cinema at the Mall of Africa following the premiere of Star Trek: Beyond last week, I asked my plus one, an ardent Trekkie, what she thought.  Good, she said, falling somewhere between the ...

What if? The question at the heart of any science fiction story, is about how humanity deals with an uncertain future. What if the majority of the population is killed in war or through disease? How lonely would it be? ...