We all know that in these austere times, any people lucky enough to have money to invest are searching for something that will give them a good return and not be too risky. Hold that for a minute. Now consider sci-fi films like Blade Runner (with the Tyrell Corporation’s Nexus 6 replicant robots) and Outland [...]

Space. The final frontier. The Starship Enterprise in the TV series and films “Star Trek” used a warp drive to travel the huge distances between stars. But how close are we to discovering and developing a new system of propulsion that will enable us to travel to other systems while not beaking the laws of [...]