Can we study all future science through fiction about the future? Because I hear that we mastered eugenics in the '90s, maybe we could use that genetics knowledge to eradicate some cancers, etc.

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A little over a year ago, with the help of a few other Trekkies I met through Tumblr, I took on a huge but super-fun project: running each and every live-action Star Trek episode—from The Original Series through Enterprise—through the Bechdel Test.

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You can find this lovely clock on Etsy. (via Neatorama)

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Etsy seller Lauren Goldberg (aka Auberg Designs) hand cuts fantastic sci-fi and fantasy silhouettes out of sheet brass, copper, etc to create a standout look for any occasion. Take a look at her work featuring Doctor Who, Star Trek, and more!

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Thank you, YouTuber IITREKKIEII. Without you, we wouldn't be able to sit and watch an episodes worth of Star Trek bloopers Friday afternoon. Nothing could be better. The compilation features bloopers spanning just about every incarnation of the sci-fi series. (via io9) Are you following The Mary Sue on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, & Google +?

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Has it really been two decades already? On January 3, 1993, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine made its debut, making this the twentieth birthday of perhaps the most underrated show in the Trek canon. Just one more year until the show can go out for drinks with friends at Quark's Bar and wake up with no eyebrows and a throbbing Romulan Ale hangover. Until that embarrassing incident, allow us to make a brief argument for the show, and why you should spend this evening getting reacquainted with it.

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I don't know about you but Worf was one of the best characters to come out of Star Trek: The Next Generation. I was glad he continued on to Deep Space Nine but since the TNG films wrapped, there's some serious Woft withdrawal on my part. That's why I'm so excited actor Michael Dorn is trying to figure out if he can get the green light for his own spin-off! Read on for some details.

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Bryan Nielsen illustrates the classic Coexist design with a comic book twist. We're of the mind that the E is cheating but we like the whole thing too much to care. (via Split Reason)

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There are perils associated with apparently using Google Image Search to get material for your official news broadcast. When a German television news channel, N24, was reporting a story on Navy SEAL Team Six, the unit which spearheaded the operation which ultimately killed Osama bin Laden, the channel accidentally used a fan-made logo for the Maquis, an anti-Cardassian rebel group which originally appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in place of the SEAL Team Six emblem. As TrekMovie points out, there are a few differences between the logos: "[The newscaster] didn’t seem to notice (or care) that the skull in question was from a Klingon and included a bolted-on eyepatch. He and N24 also appear undeterred by the emblem’s inclusion of a phaser, 3 Klingon bat’leth swords and the word 'Maquis.'" He also made on-air comments that acknowledged the Maquis logo and seemed to treat it as the real thing: "And they also have the ‘Team Six,’ that carried out the mission. They don’t have the skull in their emblem for nothing." Honest mistake. (TrekMovie via io9 via Neatorama)

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