Picard and crew will reportedly be facing off against the Xenomorphs--and something tells me that even Data might have a hard time sticking to the Prime Directive.

In case you hadn't already noticed from the celebrations all over the internet today, it's Star Trek's 50th Anniversary! Here's how to show your Star Trek pride while you're on Facebook today.

Thousands of fans turned out for Montreal Comic-Con July 8-10, many to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. Overall, the mood was positive, forward-looking, and particularly supportive of diversity in the franchise. But then William Shatner opened his mouth, and took us all back in time (not in a fun Voyage Home way) with a string of sexist jokes.

We didn't think it was likely that the animated Guardians of the Galaxy would introduce Star-Lord's father. The show follows the crew's adventures after the first movie, but adding Star-Lord's dad would likely put them at odds with James Gunn's movie sequel, which will do its own thing in that regard. However, Jonathan Frakes has now been cast to play that role in the cartoon.

Still not over Thanksgiving turkey? Well, check out these delicious looking morsels. But before you bite into them thinking you're taking a bite into succulent meat, be warned - these are actually cake pops! Which is EVEN BETTER in my book!

The Star Trek alternate timeline construct that J.J. Abrams has created for his reboot franchise has left the door open for cameos from all over the Trek universe. So, of course, the big question is, could that include Sir Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard?

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Yup. It was only a matter of time before Commander Riker on Star Trek: The Next Generation got a spin-off. Well, not a real one of course, but the one we wished he'd gotten. You know, the one where he flies around space impregnating alien females. Yeah, that one.

Bellabeat’s LEAF is a new wearable that tracks your breathing, stress, sleep, activity – as well as your periods, contraception intake, ovulation periods, and more. Thanks for remembering some of us ladies have particular reproductive health needs, Bellabeat! (via Laughing Squid) Matthew McConaughey says he’s been reading DC and Marvel scrips, but is just waiting […]

Cosplayers Tesla Isley and Atari Girl totally pick up on the sisterly camaraderie between Gotham City villains Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, and capture that in this creative Frozen/Gotham mash-up cosplay that gives us Harley Anna and Poison Elsa. The plants never bothered her anyway.

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Besides being the first woman of color in space, Jemison was an outstanding doctor with the Peace Corps before she even joined NASA and, in addition to a professorship at Cornell, is currently the head of the 100 Year Starship project. Oh yeah, and she’s also the first ever astronaut to appear in a Star Trek production.

In case all of the recent talk about artificial intelligence wasn't enough of a technologically-driven existential crisis for you, we now have a 3D printer that will "teleport" objects by beaming their specifications to another printer and then destroying the original object. But why destroy the original? Well we don't want any Thomas Rikers running around, do we?

Christine Parisi is an incredible visual artist who has a number of muses you're probably already familiar with—such as Chewbacca, Jean-Luc Picard, and Commander Data, for a start. You can find more of her work on her Facebook page, but here are a few of her most recent paintings, many of which are still on sale if you're dying to have your very own Vincent Van Wookiee.

Hey, at least it's about as accurate as all the nativity scenes where everybody's white. Two Wyld Stallyns kept time pa rum pum pum pum. Do you think the three Sith men brought fear, anger, and hate?

Don't worry, I'm pretty sure Patrick Stewart's foot made it out okay. Wish I could say the same for the Enterprise crew member Jonathan Frakes chases down the hall in this Uproxx exclusive video for the Star Trek: TNG Season 7 blu-ray that comes out on December 2nd. Poor Tracy. She had to listen to so much trombone music.

Sure, Wesley Crusher's style isn't exactly enviable, but that sweatshirt sure is. If that's not fantastic enough for you, there's also a picture of Wil Wheaton himself wearing the hoodie on the Thinkgeek website, too. (via Toybox)