Star Trek

Performer Jacqueline Salamack (L) jokes with an audience member after a performance of "A Klingon Christmas Carol" in Chicago, December 20, 2012.

Why yes, I do speak Klingon

Who creates fictional languages and who bothers to learn them?

Why yes, I do speak Klingon
The official logo of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY premiering on CBS All Access and CBS Television Network.

Canonical hoo-hah

Canonical hoo-hah

Aha Moment: Ronald D. Moore on ‘Star Trek’

Aha Moment: Ronald D. Moore on ‘Star Trek’
William Shatner, in a pose similar to his Star Trek character Captain Kirk using his communicator, unveils North America's first real-time video conferencing cell phone during a news conference in Toronto April 2, 2007.

Kirk to Enterprise: The piece of 'Star Trek' in your pocket

Kirk to Enterprise: The piece of 'Star Trek' in your pocket
Conservator Ariel O’Connor uses X-ray fluorescence spectrometry to determine what metal alloy was used to construct the port engine of the Enterprise model

Boldly going where no TV prop has gone before

Boldly going where no TV prop has gone before

What Is the Multiverse (Or, How Can There Be Two Mr. Spocks)?

The concept of the multiverse has long captured the imaginations of science-fiction writers. Now, some physicists are starting to believe.

What Is the Multiverse (Or, How Can There Be Two Mr. Spocks)?

This Pioneering Cosmonaut Will Be Your New Heroine, Thanks to "Orange is the New Black"

I knew nothing about the first woman in space — I didn't even know her name. That is, until "Orange is the New Black" sent me into a research wormhole. 

This Pioneering Cosmonaut Will Be Your New Heroine, Thanks to "Orange is the New Black"
Science fiction Star Trek paintings.

It's a Star Trek and Blade Runner future, we're just living in it

It turns out some some of the science fiction you grew up watching wasn't quite that fictional when it came to technology.

It's a Star Trek and Blade Runner future, we're just living in it
Leonard Nimoy, cast member of the new film "Star Trek Into Darkness," poses as he arrives at the film's premiere in Hollywood on May 14, 2013.

Leonard Nimoy, 'Star Trek''s Spock, dies at 83

Leonard Nimoy, most famous for playing Spock in the original "Star Trek" TV show and many of the franchise's movies, died on Friday at the age of 83

Leonard Nimoy, 'Star Trek''s Spock, dies at 83
A true-color image of Jupiter taken by the Cassini spacecraft. The Galilean moon Europa casts a shadow on the planet's cloud tops.

Exciting new ideas in space technology are getting short-changed by Congress

Scientists at NASA and universities across the US are developing promising new technologies for space exploration. But it's all happening way too slowly, one scientist says. The reason: Congress.

Exciting new ideas in space technology are getting short-changed by Congress

Captain's Log

Captain's Log

Aha Moment: Star Trek

Aha Moment: Star Trek

Harlan Ellison: Best Seller

Harlan Ellison: Best Seller

Why Yes, I Do Speak Klingon

Why Yes, I Do Speak Klingon

The Pequod vs. The Enterprise

The Pequod vs. The Enterprise