Star Trek

This week in awesome gifs wouldn't be complete without some crazy cat stunts, the vice-presidential debate, and a whole lot more of your favorite moving pictures. We'll be the first to admit, VP debate gifs sound pretty boring. We can just imagine it now, one old man talking to a much younger man about foreign policy - except, as the nature of gifs go, without the sound (basically everything that

Scientists are cautiously optimistic that a warp drive, like the ones made so famous in 'Star Trek' is more likely than they once thought.

When it comes to good customer service from Time Warner Cable, even the great Patrick Stewart, aka Captain Picard, can't make it so. Apparently after 36 hours of trying to set up an account with the infamous cable provider, Stewart (who recently moved to Brooklyn) was left with no recourse but to tweet to the world that he'd lost the will to live.

Today marks the 46th anniversary of 'Star Trek,' and Google is commemorating it with a pretty awesome playable Google Doodle adventure. The tale takes players to three separate locations and offers a very quick tip of the hat to the Gorn Cannon scene from the 'Arena' episode. What? You didn't know that? Congratulations for having friends in high school! Here's a guide to today's Google Doodle. Rea

The bar for establishing nerd credibility was hoisted ever higher when comedian Rachel Bloom put a 'Star Trek' spin on a beloved Broadway showtune.

Watching the first two seasons of Star Trek in one sitting used to require a long weekend and a lot of Mountain Dew. But thanks to YouTube user twilight1138, now you can watch all 56 episodes at once.

It's the ultimate weapon of choice for any Trekkie -- the Phaser. The fictional gun was used by every officer on the USS Enterprise, and now, a guy has built a DIY version and brought the gun to life! Not only can it fire a blue laser beam, it also makes the classic firing sound from the 'Star Trek' TV series.

For the non-'Trekkies' out there, Nichelle Nichols played Lieutenant Uhura on the original Star Trek TV show and movies. She is credited as being the first black woman to have a major TV role in which she wasn't a servant, and her kiss with Captain Kirk made TV history. But today Nichols is best known for a photo she took with Barack Obama in the White House in late February that has just gone vir

'Star Trek' alum and overall delight George Takei has been waging a campaign to bring his musical 'Allegiance,' which is about the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, to Broadway. As it stands, the show will open September 16th at the Old Globe theater in San Diego. Thanks to the almost $160,000 Takei has raised from investors, the dream of eventually taking the show to the Big A

We consider ourselves fans of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' but we never noticed how often members of the Enterprise crew put the kibosh on Worf's suggestions. Criminy, the poor guy can't even declare a yellow alert and he's chief of security!

After 58-year old Star Trek fanatic Tony Alleyne got divorced, he proceeded to live every Trekkie's fantasy and transform what had become his bachelor pad into the interior of the Starship Enterprise.

In one corner, we have 'Star Wars,' George Lucas' world-changing movies featuring his iconic characters Luke Skywalker, Yoda, Darth Vader, Han Solo, Chewbacca and countless others. The original trilogy spawned three prequels, a slew of cartoons and spinoffs... oh, and a bona fide religion. In the other, we have 'Star Trek,' the show that gave Leonard Nimoy (Spock), William Shatner (Captain Kirk) a

First William Shatner made a crack about 'Star Wars.' Then Carrie Fisher responded by saying some not-so-nice things about Shatner and 'Star Trek.' Then Shatner pretty much called Fisher fat. Now, George Takei, who played Shatner's old crew member Sulu, is trying to remedy the situation.

The William Shatner vs. Carrie Fisher feud just got real. We told you about Fisher's response to Shatner after he ripped on 'Star Wars.' Now comes the latest video shot across Fisher's bow.

As a way to give the art form of embroidery a much-needed dose of kitsch, graphic designer Sarah, who runs the website Totally Severe, has created needlepoint works of art depicting a variety of random pop culture subjects.  Napoleon (who sits astride a 'My Little Pony'), Dwight Shrute from 'The Office' and the cast of 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' (all wearing Carmen Miranda-style fruit hats f