Science fiction franchises like Star Trek are unlikely to swap out warp drive for laser sail fleets of starships, but if they ever did, Johnson points out that the biggest problem with solar sails ...

Krauss’s book, The Physics of Star Trek, was released in November of 1995 and sold over 250,000 copies in the U.S. A national bestseller, it was serialized in the November 1995 issue of Wired, ...

Science · Blog Star Trek at 50, fiction meets fact: Bob McDonald When art and science come together, it is usually a beautiful thing.

So most intelligent alien creatures in Star Trek, whether they be Vulcan, Romulan, Klingon, Cardassian, Ferengi or Borg, look like us, with one head, two arms and two legs. And they all speak English!

How Star Trek fans changed the name of NASA’s first space shuttle A declassified memo shows that 'hundreds of thousands of letters' called for a renaming. Keith Wagstaff Jan 11, 2025 8:00 AM EST ...

Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Picard An advanced one-of-a-kind android, Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) was one of the strongest beings in the Star Trek universe.

For decades, the friendship between Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock symbolized Star Trek's core message of unity and hope. But for fans like me, their story felt unfinished -- until now. When Leonard ...