Star Trek
latest news & developmentsRevisiting an old favourite in the new Star Trek: Discovery
Viewers will find in the series an exemplar of the exploration of forms of otherness most people have never dreamed of, as well as of divergent ways to act in unison
Skills deficit undermines 4IR promises
Technology is not necessarily the panacea it’s said to be, de-skilling further the under-skilled
Star Trek’s Mr Spock, Leonard Nimoy, dies at 83
The actor, who played the logical human-alien Mr Spock in the cult Star Trek TV series and subsequent movies, has died after battling a lung disease.
Unwell Hawking misses 70th birthday scientific debate
British scientist Stephen Hawking missed a scientific debate marking his 70th birthday as he was only discharged from hospital two days earlier.
Spock finally beams into Vulcan
The small town has been obsessed about all things <i>Star Trek</i> for as long as anyone here can remember.
Sci-fi stars do Shakespeare
It’s <i>Hamlet</i>, but not as we know it.