http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:27:30 -0700 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:31:08 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Star-Trek-gag-reel-leaked-on-YouTube?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner Six minutes of outtakes and flubs included on the Star Trek DVD release scheduled for November 17 are available for viewing on YouTube. Zach Quinto is so cute when he breaks character; the clips are worth watching just for that. Otherwise it&#... Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:31:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m11d11-Star-Trek-gag-reel-leaked-on-YouTube?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Eternal-Image-introduces-Star-Trek-urn-and-casket?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner Star Trek casket from Eternal ImageRecently Bianca Bosker reported on the Huffington Post that a Star Trek fan's ashes were interred inside a SPARCstation computer (late 80s/early90s vintage) with a plaque that read: "Beam Me Up, Scotty. I'm do... Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:43:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m10d12-Eternal-Image-introduces-Star-Trek-urn-and-casket?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m10d9-Star-Trek-knitted-meerkats-for-sale-on-Etsy?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner The Kiss, interpreted in wool by niftyknits An English crafter has come up with a way to simultaneously satisfy the human craving for Star Trek, hand-knitted crafts and adorable meerkats with a line of knitted Trek-costumed meerkats.   The... Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:03:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m10d9-Star-Trek-knitted-meerkats-for-sale-on-Etsy?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m9d23-Shatner-and-Stewart-will-headline-San-Francisco-Star-Trek-convention?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner David ReddickWilliam Shatner and Patrick Stewart will headline the Star Trek convention presented in San Francisco by Creation Entertainment January 23-24, 2010. Both actors are scheduled for Sunday appearances.Other scheduled convention guests inclu... Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:21:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m9d23-Shatner-and-Stewart-will-headline-San-Francisco-Star-Trek-convention?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m9d11-Star-Trek-The-Exhibition-its-continuing-mission?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner Star Trek: The ExhibitionWrapping up successful runs in Philadelphia at The Franklin Institute and at the Detroit Science Center, "Star Trek: The Exhibition" is bringing that special Trek-flavored blend of nostalgia and futurism to museums ... Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:44:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m9d11-Star-Trek-The-Exhibition-its-continuing-mission?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Lucy-Maria-Boydston-claims-Miss-Klingon-Empire-title?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner Miss Klingon Empire 2008 Sonia Desilets with celebrity judgesLucy Maria Boydston of Hixson, Tennessee, a.k.a. "Warrior Ariam", was crowned 2009's Miss Klingon Empire Sunday night at Dragon*Con in Atlanta. The Miss Klingon Empire pageant ha... Klingon Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:29:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Lucy-Maria-Boydston-claims-Miss-Klingon-Empire-title?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m9d8-Star-Trek-101-Why-does-Spock-have-green-blood?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner "Green-blooded hobgoblin"? Is that racist?Spock, USS Enterprise First Officer and Science Officer, is half human and half Vulcan, the son of a human mother and a Vulcan father; his physiology seems to be mostly Vulcan.Unlike human blood, w... Spock Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:32:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m9d8-Star-Trek-101-Why-does-Spock-have-green-blood?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m9d6-Star-Trek-101-What-is-warp-speed?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner Alcubierre drive warp bubbleIn Star Trek, the warp propulsion system in starships enables travel at speeds faster than the speed of light. Without faster-than-light-speed travel, the Star Trek universe would be impossible, because it would take hundr... Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:04:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m9d6-Star-Trek-101-What-is-warp-speed?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m9d5-DragonCon-Star-Trek-programming-features-Leonard-Nimoy-and-William-Shatner?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner Trek Trak is the Star Trek portion of Dragon*ConDragon*Con, running Labor Day weekend September 4-7, is one of the world's largest science fiction and fantasy events, spread across the Hyatt, Marriott, Hilton, and Sheraton hotels in downtown Atlanta... Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:30:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m9d5-DragonCon-Star-Trek-programming-features-Leonard-Nimoy-and-William-Shatner?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m9d4-SEE-Trek-Love-modifies-petition-for-portrayals-of-gay-characters-in-Star-Trek?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner Deep Roy as KeenserSEE Trek Love, an internet campaign (SEE stands for Social Equality Effort) that once featured a petition for a portrayal of an intimate relationship between main characters Kirk and Spock, has changed that petition to request any ... Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:35:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m9d4-SEE-Trek-Love-modifies-petition-for-portrayals-of-gay-characters-in-Star-Trek?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m9d4-Star-Trek-101-What-is-an-Mclass-planet?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner Earth is an M-class planetAn M-class planet, in the Star Trek universe, is a planet that has conditions suitable for the development of carbon-based life: plenty of oxygen, nitrogen and liquid water, and an orbit and size that produce stable weather... Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:26:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m9d4-Star-Trek-101-What-is-an-Mclass-planet?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d27-Karl-Urban-Star-Treks-Dr-McCoy-to-play-vampire-villain-in-Priest?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner Karl UrbanKarl Urban, Star Trek's Dr. McCoy, has been cast as the villain Black Hat in Priest, a horror thriller based on the TokyoPop manhwa comic series of the same name. Priest, a Screen Gems production also starring Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet and... McCoy Karl Urban Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:41:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d27-Karl-Urban-Star-Treks-Dr-McCoy-to-play-vampire-villain-in-Priest?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d27-Star-Trek-101-Who-is-Zefram-Cochrane?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner James Cromwell as Zefram CochraneIn the world of Star Trek, Zefram Cochrane is the first human to successfully launch a space vessel with warp drive, on April 5, 2063. Because the development of warp drive is the Vulcan criterion for establishing fi... Zefram Cochrane Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:35:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d27-Star-Trek-101-Who-is-Zefram-Cochrane?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d19-NASA-promotes-prize-program-for-citizen-inventors?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner California Space AuthoritySince 2006 the NASA Centennial Challenges have spurred development for initiatives such as lunar landers, regolith excavation and general aviation technology. The purses range from $200,000 to $2 million, and many prizes so ... Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:34:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d19-NASA-promotes-prize-program-for-citizen-inventors?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Historic-Gold-Key-Star-Trek-comics-available-as-reprints?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner The Gold Key Star Trek comics, published 1967-1978, featured the Enterprise crew of the original series in stories that are not canon and have been described as "odd" (such as one involving space mummies). One of the principal artists for t... comics Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:40:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Historic-Gold-Key-Star-Trek-comics-available-as-reprints?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Star-Trek-101-What-is-Starfleet?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner Starfleet, a military but not militaristic space armada in the Star Trek universe, serves as the scientific, diplomatic, space exploration and defense organization of the United Federation of Planets. Individuals representing more than 150 species be... Starfleet Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:22:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d17-Star-Trek-101-What-is-Starfleet?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d14-Star-Trek-101-What-isare-The-Borg?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner Patrick Stewart as LocutusThe Borg, a collective race of cyborgs, figure as a villain in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise, and in the 1996 motion picture Star Trek: First Contact. An episode of Enterprise w... Captain Picard Patrick Stewart Borg Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:52:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d14-Star-Trek-101-What-isare-The-Borg?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d14-Shatner-not-the-only-possible-link-with-the-past-for-Star-Trek-2?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner Whoopi Goldberg as GuinanBy now many readers will have run across the story reported in May that William Shatner, having been sort-of considered and ultimately rejected as a holographic James T. Kirk-of-the-future in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek. A role f... Guinan Q Borg Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:46:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d14-Shatner-not-the-only-possible-link-with-the-past-for-Star-Trek-2?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d12-The-history-of-Star-Trek-conventions?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner Star Trek 'zine from 1976A photo essay at Newsweek.com narrated by Angelique Trouvere features 17 snapshots from the earliest Star Trek conventions in the 1970s, with a homemade program from the very first con in Newark in 1969 and lots of early cost... Gene Roddenberry Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:32:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d12-The-history-of-Star-Trek-conventions?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d11-Star-Trek-101-What-is-the-United-Federation-of-Planets?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner United Federation of Planets emblemThe United Federation of Planets, usually referred to simply as the Federation, is the interplanetary constitutional republic depicted in Star Trek story lines, beginning with the first season of the original serie... Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:27:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11230-Star-Trek-Examiner~y2009m8d11-Star-Trek-101-What-is-the-United-Federation-of-Planets?cid=exrss-Star-Trek-Examiner