Newton’s second law of motion describes the relationship between mass, force and acceleration on an object. Isaac Asimov’s Second Law of Robotics states that a robot must obey the commands given to it by a human being, unless such commands would result in a human being coming to harm. And […]

Many of those who go to see Total Recall, a late contender in the annual summer blockbuster battle, will no doubt sympathise with the plight of Colin Farrell’s disaffected labourer Douglas Quaid. As they process the opening scenes of Len Wiseman’s latest offering, they may, too, be struck by the unsettling […]