A bizarre “mystery meat” shows up looking almost alien, so the crew puts it through a full steak-style test: hard sear for ...

"Star Trek" is home to countless alien species, many of whom offer beloved characters. Some are not. We rank the 10 most ...

Polling shows that nearly half of Americans now believe aliens have visited this planet—and that the number who aren't sure ...

Clear out your shelves for a bumper new crop of books by authors including Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit and Xand Van Tulleken, ...

James Cameron has dismissed criticism of 3D and high frame rate in his Avatar movies, pointing to their enormous box office success as evidence that audiences don’t mind it, and explaining why he ...

He pushed the drill carefully through the last bit of bone. He inserted the thing using the tweezers. He sutured the hole, ...

We are cavemen piloting a spaceship, driven by ancient fears in a world of technology. One resolution could change everything ...

Honey badgers are not actually named for their love of honey, in fact, they raid bee hives to loot the delicious, protein-rich larva inside, which seems like an overly complicated way to get protein.

Inarguably the most famous superhero in all of Marvel Comics is Peter Parker, aka the Amazing Spider-Man who has been ...

Smith was 25 in 2000 when she published her critically acclaimed first novel. Now 50, her latest collection of essays, Dead and Alive, reflects on middle age, climate change and generational gaps.

Whatever else may be happening around the world, it’s been an outstanding year for television, making it difficult to compile a list of highlights.

While it's rarely laugh-out-loud funny, there are plenty of great running gags in "Star Trek" that always make fans chuckle.