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Is Star Trek falling behind in future tech predictions?

Star Trek has always been "forward thinking", predicting our real future, but have we reached a point predicting new technologies might be too hard?

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Star Trek: The Animated Series Is Celebrating Its 50th Anniversary With New Shorts And Comics

Paramount will be newly animating several Trek characters and tapping extant actors to produce promotional bumpers in the TAS style.

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Star Trek: How Big Is The Federation?

The Federation's size in Star Trek is as diverse as the cosmos itself, defying a one-size-fits-all answer to its vastness.

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10 Star Trek Events That Happened Between TOS & TNG's Eras

The period between Star Trek: TOS and Star Trek: TNG's eras was a trying time for Starfleet and the Federation as they faced Cardassian and Romulans.

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Star Trek: What Is Starfleet's Fastest Ship?

The iconic USS Prometheus, the first starship of its class, gains the position of the fastest vessel in the entire fleet, in terms of warp factor.

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Why Star Trek: The Animated Series deserves a second chance

The Animated Series is better than many think TAS continued TOS while going even further with facets of TOS fans love Although it is obvious when watching ...

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All The Technology Star Trek Predicted Accurately

"Star Trek" has long captivated audiences worldwide with its vision of the future. Here are all of the real technologies that "Star Trek" predicted accurately.

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Kirk's Other Star Trek Ship Is More Important Than You Think

Captain James T. Kirk is forever linked to the USS Enterprise but his previous ship, the USS Farragut, played many roles in Star Trek.

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Star Trek fantasy: step aboard every Starship Enterprise with this website

The Roddenberry Archive now lets you set foot on almost every Star Trek Enterprise bridge, all in one website.

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Star Trek: The Funniest Episodes in the Franchise, Ranked

In a dark and emotional universe where transporter malfunctions, space anomalies, and alien threats abound, comedic breaks are welcome.

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Every Star Trek Chief Engineer Ranked

Star Trek has featured some brilliant engineers over its long, storied history, from undersized Tellarites to science fiction’s most famous Scotsman.

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Star Trek: What Is A Star-date?

It’s about ‘time’ this Star Trek concept was properly explained.

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Star Trek: Exploring The Unusual Uses For Transporters

Taking a deeper look at how these matter transporting devices can be used for a wide range of strange purposes.

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See The Redesigned Enterprise Bridge From Star Trek’s Lost 70s Series That Never Aired

A new image has caught fire on the internet, which shows what the redesigned bridge would have looked like in the 1970s Star Trek series.

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See The 70s Enterprise Redesign Star Trek Built But Never Used

Did you know there was a Star Trek sequel series that almost happened in the 1970s? See the Enterprise that would have appeared in it!

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Star Trek: Every Version Of The Enterprise Explained

The Federation flagship, the USS Enterprise, has a long, fabled history, and each version of the classic Star Trek spacecraft has its own unique look.

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See The Enterprise-E Return To Star Trek For The First Time Since 2002

It was last seen in 2002's Star Trek: Nemesis where it took quite a beating at the hands of Shinzon. Now, for the first time in a long time, the Enterprise-E is back.

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See The Fate Of One Of Star Trek's Most Famous Ships Revealed

Star Trek's Galileo shuttlecraft returned on the latest episode of Star Trek: Prodigy. See it in action.

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Details from Scrapped STAR TREK 4 Kirk Family Reunion Plot Emerge

The Rings of Power showrunners worked on a version of Star Trek 4 that would have seen Captain Kirk reunite with his dad, played by Chris Hemsworth.

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10 Times Star Trek Refused To Give Fans What They Wanted

Let's take a look at some of the most popular demands from Trekkies that never made it on-screen.

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A Star Trek Crossover Dream-Come-True: DS9's Trials and Tribble-ations

Star Trek Deep Space Nine's "Trials and Tribble-ations" episode was a crossover dream-come-true for Trekkies.

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Star Trek legend Nichelle Nichols who played Lieutenant Uhura dies


Nichelle's son Kyle Johnson made a statement announcing the sad news on Instagram today.

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William Shatner's Right About Modern Star Trek

William Shatner said Gene Roddenberry would hate modern Star Trek during a panel at SDCC 2022... and even though he was joking, he's probably right.

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10 Reasons Why Star Trek Is Better Than Star Wars, According To Reddit

While both space-based franchises have their own merits, these are 10 reasons why Star Trek is better than Star Wars, according to Reddit.

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Star Trek timeline: All the TV shows and movies in chronological order

The timeline for all of the Star Trek TV shows and movies in chronological order, from Picard to Next Generation and Strange New Worlds.

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Video Shows 55 Years of STAR TREK 'Red Alert' Moments - Nerdist

Get to your battle stations; this montage video shows over 50 years of Red Alerts in the Star Trek television and film franchise.

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Star Trek: How Spock’s Characterization Has Evolved Over The Years

Spock, Star Trek's iconic half-human, half-Vulcan, has evolved over the years, from concepts in the 1960s to new iterations in the 21st century.

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How 'Star Trek' Transporters Evolved Over the Years

Trekker John DiMarco put together an incredible compilation that shows how Star Trek transporters have evolved through the years.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Producer Confirms Kahn Link

Star Trek's most popular villain could be eventually making his way into the new series 'Strange New Worlds.'

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Star Trek: Was Spock Almost on the Grassy Knoll for JFK’s Assassination?

In the latest Movie Legends Revealed, see about Gene Roddenberry's repeated attempts to have a Star Trek film revolve around the assassination of JFK.

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Watch: 10 Secrets of the Enterprise uniforms you need to know

Watch: 10 Secrets of the Enterprise uniforms you need to know, including why there were so many zippers and pockets on the jumpsuits

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Star Trek: Jumping to 'Warp Speed' 1979-2021

This fun retrospective of Star Trek jumps to warp speed is a lot of fun. I have to say I am partial the STTMP's far trippier hops to the beyond lightspeed space than I am with the flash of light and some stretchy ghosting of the more current eras. https:/

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How to Watch Every Star Trek Movie and TV Show in Order

If you're looking to boldly go where no streamer has gone before ahead of Star Trek: Discovery season four, here's how to watch all the movies and TV shows in order.

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‘The Center Seat: 55 Years Of Star Trek’ Docuseries Set At History Channel – Deadline

'The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek,' an 8-episode docuseries about the storied franchise, is coming History Channel. Nacelle Company is producing

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Robin Williams Was A Huge Star Trek Fan, Had An Entire Episode Written For Him

Robin Williams made no attempt to hide his love of Star Trek, and it got to a point wher ehe even had an episode written just for him.

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Star Trek: Every Starfleet Uniform & History Explained

Star Trek has had dozens of different uniforms over the years, varying greatly by era, yet maintaining certain features through every iteration.

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Star Trek: MGM Was Not Happy With Deep Space Nine's James Bond Episode

It was 25 years ago that Star Trek: Deep Space Nine took on James Bond, and the character's rightsholders weren't too pleased about it. 'Our Man Bashir' saw Deep Space 9's chief medical officer, Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig), engaging in a holosuite pr

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The 5 Star Trek: The Animated Series episodes every Trek fan should watch

Celebrate Star Trek: Lower Decks by bringing only the best episodes of the 1973 Star Trek: The Animated Sries

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Why Star Trek: Enterprise's Series Finale Is So Hated by Fans

One of the most reviled series finales in the entire Star Trek franchise is the end of Enterprise. Here's why it has divided fans for years.

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Star Trek’s Wrath Of Khan Succeeded Even If Gene Roddenberry Balked At Its Most Famous Scene

In honor of Paramount's upcoming virtual screening of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the Inglorious Treksperts boldly go deep.

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Your Star Trek Pandemic-Themed Watch List

It seems like everyone is looking for things to relate to and, just as importantly, things to watch as we enter our new normal of social-distancing in our homes. Luckily, Star Trek serves to accomplish both of these goals! Here are 10 episodes that took S

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William Shatner’s ‘Captain’s Log’ Post Amid Coronavirus Will Make Your Day

William Shatner hands down won the day Wednesday when he took to Twitter and made a post that started with "Captain's Log: Stardate 1" amid the coronavirus.

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Spock Vs. McCoy, Across the Timelines

A warp core isn't worth its weight in dilithium if you don't have a matter-antimatter reaction. And you can't have Star Trek: The Original Series without a Spock and Bones spark.

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Star Trek's warp speed travel would have tragic consequences

In science fiction, traveling to the edges of the cosmos is as simple as pushing a button. But in reality? We're exploring the cost of traveling at warp speeds.

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Star Trek's transporters would be a menace to society, science says

Could elements of this imagined future in Star Trek be horrors in disguise? No, we're not talking about Klingon cuisine. We're talking about transporters.

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The Toughest Star Trek Trivia Questions in the Known Universe

With the launch of the CBS All Access series Star Trek: Picard, starring Patrick Stewart, the Star Trek universe has expanded--and upped the game for those who aspire to know all things Starfleet.

Series after series, movie after movie, short after short

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How 'Star Trek: Voyager' Missed Out on Greatness

'Star Trek: Voyager,' released 25 years ago, was going to break free of the confines of 'Next Generation,' but it didn't fully deliver on its premise.

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The Moment When Picard Became More Important Than Kirk In Star Trek History

The debate about the best Star Trek captain ever has mostly been settled. But when did Jean-Luc Picard become the frontrunner?

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Fan Video Imagines Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in STAR TREK - Nerdist

We've been wondering about what Quentin Tarantino would do in the final frontier. Turns out it might be like Once Upon a Time in Star Trek.

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Warp speeds in 'Star Trek' are achingly slow, and a simple animation by a former NASA scientist proves it

The animation shows how long it takes the starship "Enterprise" in "Star Trek" to reach Pluto at warp factors that break the known laws of physics.

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10 ways Star Trek: The Motion Picture changed Trek canon forever

'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' is sometimes considered the worst of the Trek feature-films, but the 1979 movie was the franchise's first true reboot.

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Star Trek: Here's How to Make Romulan Ale

The Star Trek universe has few spirits as notorious as Romulan ale. The blue drink is illegal in the United Federation of Planets. Nonetheless, it’s coveted by Starfleet officers. Now, thanks to a video from the How to Drink YouTube channel, Star Trek fan

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The Beautifully Dull Paradox of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, 40 Years Later

Forty years ago a landmark moment in Star Trek’s history arrived, in the form of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. It’s an important chapter in the series’ survival, the turning point from canceled cult classic to enduring icon of science fiction. But there

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So You Want to Start Watching 'Discovery,' but You’ve Never Watched ’Star Trek’? 20 Essential 'Star Trek' Episodes to Watch!

Star Trek: Discovery brought the Star Trek franchise back to television for the first time in nearly two decades. The series has used its prequel status to its advantage, mining previous shows and movies for stories, background, and countless Easter eggs.

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NASA Discovers Star Trek Symbol on Mars

It looks like one of NASA's Mars rovers may have boldly gone where someone has gone before. A photo captures by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has made the rounds online, which showcases a bizarrely-shaped footprint of sorts that was found on a sand d

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Researchers Take Steps Towards an Iconic "Trek" Medical Device

How've you been treating yourself lately? Any cuts or abrasions? Have you had to kiss any skinned knees? Gotten a scratch from a temperamental cat?

 

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Star Trek timeline: Boldly go on a journey through the Trek universe

From the Original Series to Discovery, here’s how the Star Trek timeline fits together

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From one generation to the next: Ranking the Starships Enterprise

"It's been a long road, getting from there to here," croons Russell Watson in the opening titles of Star Trek: Enterprise, and you might be forgiven to think he's talking about the lineage of starships named Enterprise.

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Celebrate Star Trek: Discovery’s return with one of the best episodes of the most neglected Trek series - The Verge

Star Trek: Discovery is back for its second season on CBS All Access, and it’s still exploring how being raised by Spock’s parents, Vulcan father Sarek and human mother Amanda, affected series protagonist Michael Burnham. It’s a good time to look ba

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Star Trek: 6 Actors Who Regretted Being On Deep Space Nine (And 14 Who Adored It)

Though working on Deep Space Nine was a dream come true for many actors, others were happy to leave it behind.

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20 Enterprising Facts About Star Trek

On this day in 1966, Gene Roddenberry's galaxy-spanning saga debuted and transformed sci-fi TV into a genre rich with multilayered drama, ethnic diversity, and real-world issues

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The Story Behind How Star Trek Created Klingon And Vulcan Is Great

Star Trek went the extra mile in creating some of its alien languages like Klingon and Vulcan, giving them real form and grammar rather than simply creating gibberish.

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Star Trek: The 15 Strongest Species, Ranked From Weakest To Most Powerful

Star Trek has introduced us to a large number of alien species. But which one is the most powerful of them all?

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12 wonderful William Shatner television performances beyond Star Trek

Shatner has played everything from a drug lord to an astronaut who can talk with dolphins.

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How Kirk and Spock’s Relationship Held Star Trek Together | TIME

The friendships that developed initially were in the scripts: the relationship between Kirk and Spock held the show together.

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Celebrating Mother's Day Trek-style

News - StarTrek.com celebrates Mother's Day with GIFs of -- what else? -- the franchise's greatest moms. Details at...

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The Trouble with 'Star Trek' Transporters

In the world of Star Trek, the transporter is used to move people and objects from one place to another, "beaming" them around. Various characters on the show (notably Dr. McCoy and Lieutenant Barclay) hate the transporter.

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MeTV Network | 8 things you didn't know about James Doohan

Everyone knows the immortal line, "Beam me up, Scotty!" Yet how much do you know about the man behind Scotty himself?James Doohan led an inspiring, fascinating life, from his youth in British Columbia to his time on Star Trek to his death in 200

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10 Star Trek Filming Locations You Need to Visit Before the New Series Premieres in 2017 - Los Angeles Magazine

Trekkies: clear your weekend calendars...for the truly devoted, it’s time to visit as many filming locations as possible from previous Star Trek iterations.

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How Do 'Star Trek' Stardates Work? | Mental Floss

On Star Trek, we hear a lot of "stardates," meant to mark some futuristic date. An example is stardate 47457.1, which is Captain Picard's birthday. The weird thing is that stardate 47457.1 is either the equivalent June 16th, November 4th, January 8th, or January 10th, depending on how you count. Let's go deep-nerd on this.

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The Physics Of Star Trek: Why Faster Than Light Communication Is Not In Anybody's Future - Forbes

Nearly 50 years after Star Trek’s first television incarnation, subspace communications, which enabled secure faster than light galactic communications will likely remain science fiction.

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William Shatner charity ride to honor vets

A fundraiser and publicity event for the American Legion features actor William Shatner, who will ride the "Rivet," a three-wheeled, open-air motorcyclelike hot rod. The eight-day, 2,400-mile drive, mostly along Route 66, starts in Aurora, Ill.,

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Star Trek Kirk vs. Picard: An Enduring Debate

Star Trek News - StarTrek.com guest blogger and former Starlog editor David McDonnell returns with a piece in which he addresses that age-old debate: Kirk vs. Picard.

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Make it so: Chinese building looks just like Star Trek's USS Enterprise

There's a building in China that looks almost exactly like the USS Enterprise from Star Trek. Drone footage (which we really wish was set to this music) shows how a relatively conventional-looking building from the ground dramatically transforms into a regal starship when viewed from the air.

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Adam Savage Builds An Amazing Replica Of Kirk's Captain's Chair - Neatorama

(Image Link)Adam Savage has been building all sorts of cool stuff for Hollywood and otherwise for decades, and his skills in the shop are respected by builders and makers the world over.Of course, it helps that Adam is also a diehard geek, because when yo

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Star Trek TEN FOR WARD: 10 Favorite Childhood Star Trek Toys

Star Trek News - Bestselling author and regular StarTrek.com contributor Dayton Ward kicks off the new year with a guest blog in which he recalls his 10 favorite childhood Star Trek toys.

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Real Tech or 'Star Trek'? - HowStuffWorks

Do you know the difference between real tech and 'Star Trek'? Take this quiz to see which tech have been invented and which were just featured on the show.

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The 25 Shatneriest William Shatner Moments Of All Time | Features | Empire

The original Captain Kirk may be 83-years-old, but he’s still gallivanting about the internet like a 20-something with a GoPro stuck to his head

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Will Wormhole Travel Ever Be Possible? | RealClearScience

As a curious species, humans have long dreamed of traveling to the farthest depths of space. That's the major theme of the upcoming science fiction epic Interstellar, which will take Matthew...

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Scientists come a step closer to making Star Trek's tractor beam a reality | Public Radio International

Science fiction has long envisioned "tractor" beams that could grab and move physical objects using a laser or other stream of energy. Now scientists have created one, at least on a small scale. And we have some advice if you use heat in the win

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Spock: "Fascinating," "Jim" over and over and over again. Enjoy!

Here's a fun way to spend a few minutes: videos showing Spock from Star Trek saying "fascinating" and "Jim." Both videos are hypnotic, short, and weirdly funny. Enjoy!

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How Close Are We Really to Star Trek Propulsion?

In the vein of Star Trek, scientists are taking various approaches to create warp drive and other technologies to propel humans to the stars.

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Star Trek Shatner, Stewart, Takei & More Get Iced for ALS

Star Trek News - The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has reached the Final Frontier, with Star Trek stars William Shatner, Gates McFadden, George Takei, Robert Picardo and Patrick Stewart joining in the fun and helping raise money for the cause.

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Star Trek legend who became NASA's 'secret weapon' - CNN.com

Star Trek legend Nichelle Nichols was hired by NASA for a real-life space mission.

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Ten For Ward: 10 Star Trek Episodes That Can Work As Stage Plays

News - Which 10 Trek episodes would work as stage plays? Dayton Ward contemplates that very question in his latest StarTrek.com guest blog.

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The Ready Room 147: Upsetting the Whole Percentage

The Communicator.

At the end of “A Piece of the Action,” Doctor McCoy reveals that he left his communicator behind in Oxmyx’s office. It’s essentially laughed off and the NCC-1701 continues on to its encounter with a giant space amoeba. Kirk says that, with that kind of technology, the Iotians might one day want a piece of the Federation’s action...

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Official Star Trek: The Next Generation mockumentary takes off

A satire Twitter account detailing what could have been the eighth season of the award-winning TV series

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8 Star Trek Technologies Moving From Science Fiction To Science Fact

We can’t yet travel faster than the speed of light — but real-life tricorders, energy weapons, and androids are on their way.

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Twitter Co-founder Stone Inspired By Star Trek

News - Did you know that Twitter co-founder Biz Stone's feelings about leadership were deeply influenced by a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode? StarTrek.com has details.

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Watch the Star Trek Crew Throw Themselves Around the Enterprise Like Idiots

The Star Trek shows used all sorts of little tricks to skirt production costs. One in particular will be familiar to any Trekkie: to simulate the ship being hit or otherwise disturbed, the actors would shimmy in their seats or literally hurl themselves ac

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Concept Art for a STAR TREK Series That Never Happened

So, have you ever heard of the television series Star Trek: Phase II? Me neither! Then again I am by no means a trekker or anything even close. I like the original series and I dig all of the movies, that’s about it. However, I felt that this little insight into the Star Trek series that never made it out of the concept phase is interesting. This is usually the behind the scenes stuff that we are normally not allowed to see.

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Engage, Oculus Rift! 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' Goes 3-D - NBC News

It’s not the holodeck. Still, fans of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” should set their expressions to stunned after taking a virtual reality tour of the USS...

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VERY Trekked-Out Boca Raton Estate For Sale!

News - A 27,000 square-foot estate, which features plenty of Star Trek touches, is for sale in Boac Raton, Florida, and you won't believe the asking price!

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The Most Fascinating Behind-The-Scenes Photos Of Your Favorite TV Shows

The TARDIS and the starship Enterprise feel like enchanted places that we visit in our imaginations. But the reality of working on a TV show involves long hours in a studio, and the magic takes a lot of work. Just check out these revealing behind-the-scen

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    The Real Physics Behind Star Trek | Chicago Tonight | WTTW

    For the last 50 years, Star Trek has captivated audiences as the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explored the galaxy using technological advances – warp drive, wormholes, beaming technology, holodecks...