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"I’ve got previous experience and will work for autographs."

George Takei may be best known for his role as Mr. Sulu on ‘Star Trek.’ But there's far more to Takei than manning the helm of the USS ‘Enterprise.’

There could be a battle of sci-f theme parks brewing.

Few franchises have had the cultural impact of the various 'Star Trek' television series and movies, and nowhere is that more evident than in the snippets of dialogue that have become a part of the American vernacular.

<em>Star Trek: Discovery</em> will adhere to a cardinal rule from Gene Roddenberry.

Universal translators, tablet computer, and these other gadgets arrived even sooner than Star Trek's writers imagined.

The sci-fi series' theme song is familiar to pretty much anyone who lived in the free world (and probably elsewhere, too) in the late 20th century. Do you know the words?

The vagus nerve does it all—tells your lungs to breathe, controls your heart rate, and even forms the foundation for a whole new medical field.

Time to find out how well you know your correct expressions from your eggcorns.

On April 14, 1912, a lookout on the RMS Titanic called “Iceberg, right ahead!” A blaze in the ship's boiler room may have weakened the ship's infrastructure, making it vulnerable to sinking.

The menu included options from a buffet, the grill, and eight different cheeses.

“All I get now are phone calls all day from people asking me how I feel about Leonardo DiCaprio.” —97-year-old Titanic survivor Millvina Dean.

There are many photographs of the 'Titanic,' but this video shot in Belfast contains the only surviving footage of the ship before it sank.

Common household cleaning products like dish soap and laundry detergent might get forgotten about for years before being found and used. Will they still be effective?

The northern lights were spotted the night the 'Titanic' sank, and the solar storm that caused them may have contributed to the ship's demise.

The salt, currents, and metal-eating bacteria of the ocean are breaking down the wreck of the 'Titanic,' and it could be gone completely as soon as 2030.

A nearly identical replica of the doomed 'Titanic' is scheduled to make its maiden voyage in 2022. Who's ready to tempt fate?

The 'Titanic' is one of the most famous shipwrecks on the seafloor. Its discovery was part of an unrelated Navy investigation.

If you survived multiple shipwrecks, including the 'Titanic,' you might start wondering if you were the angel of death—or Violet Constance Jessop.

In “Titanic Sinks in Real Time,” the developers behind the upcoming video game "Titanic: Honor and Glory" have created an animation of the sinking of the Titanic, which plays in real time over the course of two hours and 40 minutes.