Comparing Obama to Star Trek’s ‘Spock’ is Illogical

Illogical. That’s the only word that seems to apply to writer Steve Daly’s attempt in the latest edition of Newsweek to compare President Barack Obama to Mr. Spock, the half-Vulcan, half-human character who...

New Star Trek Movie Posters Released!

I put this story in culture rather than tech and biz because I am, admittedly, a pretty big nerd. That means I enjoy Star Trek (Original series, TNG and most of DS9, if you're curious) and am anxiously awaiting the fresh reboot of the series that J. J. Abrahams is promising...

"Tribbles" Director Dies

Another of the old guard passes on."Joseph Pevney, who directed some of the best-known episodes of the original “Star Trek” television series, died on May 18 at his home here. He was 96. ...Mr. Pevney directed 14 episodes of that 1960s series, including “The City...

Happy 41st Birthday, Star Trek!

Space: The final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise...On September 8, 1966, the first episode of Star Trek: The Original Series aired on NBC. The Enterprise's five year mission lasted,...

On Spock.com you can be a President and a PM (also an idiot and a d*ckhead)

A few days ago I was talking via e-mail to an editor for an Italian technology website I contribute to. I proposed a few themes for new articles; I thought all of my four proposals would have been of some...

Patient bleeds dark green blood

"A team of Canadian surgeons got a shock when the patient they were operating on began shedding dark greenish-black blood, the Lancet reports. The man emulated Star Trek's Mr Spock - the Enterprise's science officer who supposedly had green Vulcan blood. In this case, the...

Spock is back! Nimoy to star in new Star Trek film

There's some magic in this formula: Leonard Nimoy returns to the Star Trek franchise + new Trek film + JJ Abrams + Zachary Quinto (Sylar to those Heroes fans out there) as young Spock. What can the sum of all that...

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