Videos

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  Is Warp Drive Possible?

  Ever wonder if “warp drive” as depicted in Star Trek and other sci-fi tales were theoretically possible? And if so, what does it have to do with safe sex? Using a “creative” prop,...

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  How Real is Star Trek?

  Sound doesn’t travel in space. Blood clumps into spherical balls in microgravity. Transporters defy the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. And you can’t travel faster than...

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  First Contact

  Science fiction writers have often speculated on what alien life would be like. Sometimes they’re anthropomorphic humanoids on a similar technological level to our heroes, other...

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  Introducing the Real-Life Holodeck

  One of the most exciting and intriguing technologies portrayed in Star Trek was the holodeck, a virtual interactive environment where characters could live out scenarios more...

Blog Posts

• Instant Reaction: Another Earth

  The Museum of the Moving Image hosted an intriguing and eye-opening event Friday night. The audience was treated to a screening of the Fox Searchlight motion picture Another Earth—recipient of this year’s Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film and the Special Jury Prize at Sundance -...

• How Science Fiction Made Me Want to Be a Scientist

  I got into this stuff because of science fiction. I was a huge nerd in high school. I remember there was a time that between UPN, TNN, and The SciFi Channel you could watch six straight hours of Star Trek on a Friday night. None of those networks exist anymore. I built a...