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Back in August, I wrote a detailed scientific critique of one of Star Trek’s more elusive technological concepts: the tractor beam; the ability to...
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Back in August, I wrote a detailed scientific critique of one of Star Trek’s more elusive technological concepts: the tractor beam; the ability to...
Recently, we reported on the Roddenberry Foundation’s 5-million-dollar gift to the Gladstone Institute at the University of California, San Francisco to build a new...
Previously, science determined the implausibility of silicon- and ammonia-based life. Silicon is an element similar to carbon, which is why some astrobiologists consider it...
Previously, the science behind silicon-based life was determined to be science fiction. Silicon compounds are limited to invariable crystalline arrangements, while carbon compounds, namely...
Previously, I posted a two-part article detailing the long, arduous process of abiogenesis as we understand it today, from the reduction of carbon, to...
Whether employed to tow a shipment of grain to Sherman’s planet or to stop a fleeing enemy ship in the middle of space combat,...
It is a major theme of science fiction that the doctors and physicians of the future use medical equipment that is much more advanced...
In the last installment of Science Fiction or Science Fact, it was reasoned that the photon torpedo is a technological possibility. It may be...
Nuclear fusion; It is the process that gives the sun its life, yet it also inevitably destroys entire solar systems. We owe our thanks...
“KHAAAN!” shouts Admiral Kirk out of frustration over 20th Century genetic engineering. Or is it frustration over the abuse of 20th Century genetic engineering?...
Have you ever wondered about the fancy stardate system on Star Trek? How does it work? Nearly every episode starts off with a “Captain’s...
No one, not even Trekkers, can ever forget Captain Kirk’s famous catchphrase, “Beam me up, Scotty,” which, despite its popularity in science fiction culture,...
Surely Trekkers remember the series finale (All Good Things…) of Star Trek: The Next Generation, where Q visits Picard to inform him he single-handedly...
…to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations… These immortal words stand as a testament to why Star Trek...