The crew of the International Space Station is boldly going where no one has gone before—to see the new "Star Trek" film.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

May 15, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 0

The latest Star Trek movie, opening tomorrow, raises an eternal question: why are the Klingons (or Cylons or Daleks) always at roughly our technological level?

Other Sciences - Other

May 08, 2013 4.5 / 5 (72) 76

Nets, harpoons and suicide robots could become weapons of choice to hunt down the space junk threatening crucial communications satellites currently in orbit round Earth, scientists said Thursday.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Apr 25, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1

What would it be like to step in an ordinary room and feel a gentle, computer-generated jungle breeze, with trees swaying nearby that you could touch?

Technology - Other

Mar 05, 2013 3.1 / 5 (7) 7 |

"Star Trek" fans, rejoice. An online vote to name Pluto's two newest, itty-bitty moons is over. And No. 1 is Vulcan, a name suggested by actor William Shatner, who played Capt. Kirk in the original "Star Trek" TV series.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Feb 25, 2013 4.3 / 5 (3) 9

(AP)—A conference on how to make the Broadway experience better for theatergoers has come up with some prescriptions: Be brave in the stories that are told onstage and embrace youth and technology.

Technology - Other

Jan 29, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org)—A team of scientists from Scotland and the Czech Republic has created a real-life "tractor" beam, as featured in the Star Trek movies, which for the first time allows a beam of light to attract ...

Physics - General Physics

Jan 25, 2013 4.4 / 5 (59) 18 |

(Phys.org)—The hand-held scanners, or tricorders, of the Star Trek movies and television series are one step closer to reality now that a University of Missouri engineering team has invented a compact source of X-rays and ...

Physics - Plasma Physics

Jan 08, 2013 4.8 / 5 (5) 0 |

Fact and fiction blurred this week when a real-life astronaut boldly went where no man has gone before and conversed from orbit via Twitter with the crew of television's "Star Trek: Enterprise."

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jan 07, 2013 4.5 / 5 (4) 2

"Star Trek" fans rejoiced Friday after Captain James Kirk of the starship Enterprise, or rather the actor who played him on the iconic sci-fi series, swapped tweets with a Canadian astronaut.

Technology - Internet

Jan 04, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

Strap on the headset and adjust the goggle to your eyes. Look down and you'll see the floor of a space station. Look up and pipes weave above your head. Turn left or right and the tight walls of a dark corridor flank your ...

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Dec 06, 2012 5 / 5 (5) 2

Researchers designing and testing the 'classroom of the future' have found that multi-touch, multi-user desks can boost skills in mathematics.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Nov 22, 2012 4.7 / 5 (3) 2

(Phys.org)—David Ruffner and David Grier of New York University have developed a technique for using Bessel beams to draw a particle toward a source. In their paper published in Physical Review Letters they d ...

Physics - General Physics

Oct 22, 2012 4.6 / 5 (35) 6 |

A technique that uses acoustic waves to sort cells on a chip may create miniature medical analytic devices that could make Star Trek's tricorder seem a bit bulky in comparison, according to a team of researchers.

Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry

Oct 02, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

A voice calls application called MindMeld to be available this month promises to know what iPad users want before they do.

Technology - Software

Oct 01, 2012 3 / 5 (2) 0