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Hundreds of Rare Movie Posters Expected to Fetch High Bids at Auction

Rare movie posters for ‘A Clockwork Orange’ (1972), ‘King Kong’ (1933), ‘Frankenstein’ (1931) will be auctioned off online in March.
Jessica Young|Feb 21, 2025

10 Surprising Facts About Star Trek: The Next Generation

Creator Gene Roddenberry reportedly didn't like the idea of “a bald English guy taking over.” And that was just the beginning of the behind-the-scenes drama.
Mental Floss UK|Feb 6, 2021

Star Trek Fan Builds Klingon Warship Entirely From LEGO Bricks

The project called for 25,000 bricks—and took eight years to complete.
Kirstin Fawcett|Jan 4, 2017

Watch the Star Trek: Voyager Captain Janeway Who Almost Was

Captain Janeway was originally named Nicole, and was played by Canadian actor Geneviève Bujold.
Chris Higgins|Sep 10, 2023

Watch Leonard Nimoy's Star Trek Memories

Live long and prosper.
Chris Higgins|Sep 24, 2016

Facebook’s Reaction Buttons Have Gotten a Star Trek-Themed Makeover

Give that post a Vulcan salute.
Jennifer M Wood|Sep 8, 2016

What Do the Different Uniform Colors Mean on ‘Star Trek’?

The different colored uniforms aboard the ‘Enterprise’ are about more than just looks.
Jay Serafino|Feb 13, 2025

20 Enterprising Facts About Star Trek

On September 8, 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
Bryan Reesman|Sep 8, 2021

Paramount, CBS Release Rules for Star Trek Fan Films

You can't use 'Star Trek' in the title, for one.
Jake Rossen|Jun 24, 2016

Celebrate Star Trek's 50th Anniversary by Flying in Zero Gravity With George Takei

Boldly go where no fan has gone before.
Kirstin Fawcett|Jun 1, 2016

The Trouble with Star Trek Transporters

What if the transporter actually kills everybody it "beams up?"
Chris Higgins|Mar 12, 2016

DIY Dad Recreates Star Trek’s Enterprise As a Playset

Set phasers to fun!
Rudie Obias|Jan 25, 2016

Neural Network IDs Objects in the Star Trek: TNG Credits

Today's installment of "computers can be dumb."
Chris Higgins|Nov 28, 2015

Star Trek Will Return to TV in 2017

Nearly 50 years after its original television premiere, this classic sci-fi series knows how to live long and prosper.
Kirstin Fawcett|Nov 2, 2015

How Do Star Trek Stardates Work?

"Captain's Log, stardate [totally bogus made-up number]." Highly illogical.
Chris Higgins|Sep 20, 2015

12 Times 'Star Trek' and Sherlock Holmes Overlapped

Spock's admiration for Holmes may have a familial bias...
Haley Herfurth|Feb 13, 2025

Woman In Motion: How 'Star Trek' and Nichelle Nichols Forever Changed the Face of NASA

Though Nichelle Nichols was best known for her role as Lieutenant Uhura on 'Star Trek,' she also played a key role in the formation of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program and inspired generations of STEM leaders.
Olivia Popp|Jul 31, 2022

How Martin Luther King Jr. Kept Star Trek Flying High

Civil rights activist and stealth Trekker Martin Luther King Jr. had an intense conversation with one of the show's main cast members in order to keep the series intact.
Jake Rossen|Jan 12, 2021

Listen to a Gloriously Guttural Rendition of Frozen’s “Let It Go” Performed in Klingon

What better way to celebrate the upcoming release of ‘Frozen 2’ than with an epic Star Trek/Disney crossover?
Ellen Gutoskey|Nov 6, 2019

The Surprising Reason Star Trek's Mr. Spock Has Green Blood

The half-human, half-Vulcan Mr. Spock doesn't bleed like the rest of us. And the reason is due to two real-life Siamese twins.
Jake Rossen|Sep 10, 2023
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