Star trek

The final frog-tier? Scientists find 7 new frog species, name them after Star Trek captains - study

Those names may not mean anything to the layperson, but diehard fans will recognize them as being references to some of the most famous characters in science fiction.

OCTOBER 16, 2024|ByAARON REICH

Tree frog on leaf, Gliding frog (Rhacophorus reinwardtii) sitting on leaves, Javan tree frog on branch, Indonesian tree frog

An illustrative image meant to indicate the concept of science fiction.

Sci-Fi made real: 5 science fiction tech we want, but may never get, in real life - explainer

Here, we take a look at five pieces of sci-fi technology and see how likely it is for us to use them ourselves in the near future.

JULY 21, 2024|ByAARON REICH

Conceptual illustration of quantum dots in action.

A science-based afterlife: Can quantum entanglement save my failing body? - opinion

Will quantum biology finally provide a fact-based explanation reconciling the supernatural with the physical world?

MAY 4, 2024|ByBRIAN BLUM

A lonely Milky Way Analogue galaxy, too massive for its wall. The background image shows the distribution of dark matter (green and blue) and galaxies (here seen as tiny yellow dots) in a thin slice of the cubic volume in which we expect to find one of such rare massive galaxies.

Right again, Einstein! Study shows how antimatter responds to gravity

Under current theory, the Big Bang explosion that initiated the universe should have produced equal amounts of matter and antimatter. This, however, does not seem to be the case.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023|ByREUTERS, JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Resistance isn't futile: 'Borg' can help Earth fight climate change - study

Though named after the terrifying villains of Star Trek fame, the Borg are actually real DNA packages, which could help us remove methane from the atmosphere.

OCTOBER 23, 2022

ByAARON REICH

BIRDS FLY near factory emissions n Tangshan, China, in 2016. Waskow emphasizes the importance of using religion to fight climate change

Scientists look 12 billion years in the past to study dark matter - study

Studying dark matter requires light from other galaxies, but you can't study far-away galaxies that don't have enough light. But scientists have figured out how to do it.

AUGUST 3, 2022

ByAARON REICH

Pattern of radio waves on the sky caused by the combination of radiation from the first stars and the effect of dark matter. Blue regions are those where the dark matter cooled down the ordinary matter most strongly.

Actress Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek's trailblazing Uhura, dies at 89

Nichols, whose fans included Martin Luther King Jr. and a young Barack Obama, "succumbed to natural causes and passed away" on Saturday night, her son, Kyle Johnson, wrote on Facebook.

AUGUST 1, 2022

ByREUTERS

Actor Nichelle Nichols, who played the character Uhura in the original "Star Trek" TV series, poses at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, Calfiornia August 5, 2012.

'Star Trek' writer, IAF founder Harold Livingston dies at 97

Livingston joined as a Machal volunteer aiding the nascent Jewish state in the 1948 War of Independence - in fact, it would prove to be instrumental to Israel's victory.

APRIL 29, 2022

ByAARON REICH

William Shatner flies to space on Blue Origin's New Shepard - watch

The Star Trek icon has boldly gone where no 90-year-old has gone before, becoming the oldest person to have ever rocketed into space.

OCTOBER 13, 2021

ByAARON REICH, REUTERS

Blue Origin's rocket New Shepard blasts off carrying Star Trek actor William Shatner, 90, on billionaire Jeff Bezos's company's second suborbital tourism flight as part of a four-person crew near Van Horn, Texas, US, October 13, 2021.

‘Star Trek’ star Shatner to fly to space with Jeff Bezos - report

The 90-year-old famous for playing Captain James T. Kirk might boldly go where no old man has gone before, becoming the oldest man to ever fly to space.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

ByAARON REICH