03 JUL 2021 32 MIN READ / 252 WORDS How can we share and explain science in a world beset by fast change and a lack of trust? Can science fiction help? WRITTEN BY Andrew Merrie The age of humans is messing things up in many different ways. Not only is human pressure on the environment changing the earth system in unprecedented ways, trust in science is faltering while media and journalism remains fragmented. The consequence is a siloed world at a time when trust and collaboration is sorely needed.