60 years of ‘Star Trek’: A cultural anthropologist on how the show’s “infinite diversity in infinite combinations” conception helped shape NASA’s vision of the future.
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Was my career choice inspired by Star Trek? Indubitably.
The first appearance of a wormhole in Star Trek was a typically pioneering reference to what was then a niche research topic.
Even though we’re all sad about Dolly this week, we still have her wonderful songs to listen to.
Star Trek has endured because it repeatedly returns to a universal question: what does it mean to be human?
From societies without money to profiteering aliens, the world of Star Trek has more to say about economics than you might think.
A woman with dwarfism, Judy-Lynn del Rey founded the imprint that put out fantasy hits such as ‘The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever’ and ‘The Sword of the Shannara.’
‘Star Trek: Picard’ is set 400 years in the future, but, like most science fiction, it deals with issues in the here and now. The show’s third and final season provides a lens on cybersecurity.
It is one thing to treat AI as a tool when it has no scope for emotion. It is quite another when AI has a full suite of emotional responses.
At the time, Gallup polls showed that fewer than 20% of Americans approved of interracial marriage.
Science fiction is full of computer programmes and androids who fall afoul of the plots of some of Shakespeare’s most brutal tragedies.
With commercial spaceflight companies now taking older people to space, it’s timely to consider the potential physical impact space flight might have on them.
It could be the first steps towards a Star Trek-style holodeck.
If humanity wants to travel between stars, people are going to need to travel faster than light. New research suggests that it might be possible to build warp drives and beat the galactic speed limit.
Science fiction has often had an inspirational and positive relationship with space endeavors. But the new US Space Force is struggling with a pop culture public relations problem.
Philosophers say now is the time to mull over what qualities should grant an artificially intelligent machine moral standing.
Miniaturized laboratory equipment is making it easier to identify airborne pathogens in the field, but there’s still work ahead to be able to instantly determine if a room is safe or contaminated.
From Lord of the Rings to Game of Thrones, writers and linguists have invented an array of new languages.
Soft robots printed in the home? Not as far off as you might think.
This year, The Conversation celebrated the 50th anniversary of 1968 with its first podcast, ‘Heat and Light.’ These are some of the most interesting stories we uncovered – ones that still resonate in 2018.
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Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History, Dartmouth College
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