Back in the mid-1960s, when Gene Roddenberry was first spitballing the sci-fi technology he wanted to use on his sci-fi series "Star Trek," he was drawn to the idea of making things sound as realistic ...

The basic equipment carried by any self-respecting landing party member in Star Trek: The Original Series consists of three main items: a phaser, a tricorder, and a communicator. The phaser for ...

After this week's episode of 'Starfleet Academy' introduced official phaser tag into 'Trek' canon, we take a look back at 60 years of boldly sporting. Reading time 4 minutes Star Trek has a long ...