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25 Years Ago, Star Trek: Voyager Tackled One of Its Most Infamous Transporter Questions

Star Trek’s world raises a lot of ethical questions—but its transporter technology has always been one that strikes at some of the most existential. Are we the same people if all our molecules are mapped, broken down, and copied into a different location? What happens if that process is disrupted? And what happens if multiple…

io9 James Whitbrook May 6

Funko Is Finally Making More Star Trek: TOS Pops, and There Are Some Doozies

Of the seemingly thousands of Pop figures that Funko has made, it’s weird to think that the company has only released six from Star Trek: The Original Series, way back in 2013. Sure, it’s made characters from The Next Generation, the Star Trek Beyond movie, and even put the cast of The Big Bang Theory…

Toys & Collectibles Rob Bricken Mar 18

Wonderfully Illogical Star Trek Headphones, and More of the Most Fascinating Merchandise of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s weekly roundup of the nifty little tchotchkes tempting our wallets lately. This week: Lego rides its chibi-style figurines all the way to the future, Hot Toys unleashes its take on a very beardy Captain America, and a weirdly cute Deadpool. Take a look! Marty McFly and Doc Brown Back…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski Apr 13

Star Trek: Discovery Reveals Sonequa Martin-Green’s Connection to the Vulcans

The first trailer for Star: Trek Discovery made a big deal of lead character Michael Burnham’s enigmatic connection to the Vulcans—and specifically Spock’s father, Sarek. But it turns out that Burnham’s links to the iconic Star Trek race are a little bit different to what we expected. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly about her character—who, as…

io9 James Whitbrook Jun 20

Insect Blood Can Tell Us How To Fight A Vulcan

When you swat an insect, do you see a fountain of red blood smeared on your hand? Not unless you’ve killed a full mosquito. Bug goo is generally green-blue, and that can tell us something about why fictional species might have green blood. The divergence between humans and insects is as apparent on the inside…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jan 23

Star Trek IV could have included more about Spock’s baby

After Spock and Lt. Saavik got to know each other much better in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, you could have been forgiven for thinking that something would come of it later on. And indeed, Robin Curtis says in a new interview that she expected a whole “Saavik is pregnant with Spock’s baby”…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jan 6

Why Abrams’ Star Trek Brought The Original Vulcan To Tears

It would be illogical not to expect Leonard Nimoy’s role in the new Star Trek to raise overwhelming emotions for both the actor and the viewers. Spock talks about the new crew, including spoilers. At the Star Trek press conference this past weekend, a number of subjects came up, but everyone in the room truly…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 28

25 Years Ago, Star Trek: Voyager Tackled One of Its Most Infamous Transporter Questions

Funko Is Finally Making More Star Trek: TOS Pops, and There Are Some Doozies

Wonderfully Illogical Star Trek Headphones, and More of the Most Fascinating Merchandise of the Week

Star Trek: Discovery Reveals Sonequa Martin-Green’s Connection to the Vulcans

Insect Blood Can Tell Us How To Fight A Vulcan

Star Trek IV could have included more about Spock’s baby

Why Abrams’ Star Trek Brought The Original Vulcan To Tears

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