From its earliest days, Star Trek was never just about starships and strange new worlds. Beneath the optimism of a better future and adventure was a recurring anxiety about power-specifically, what ...

Best known for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk in the “Star Trek” franchise, from his 1966 debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of the first Star Trek TV series, ...

Commentary: Modern America doesn’t suffer from a shortage of disagreement. Our divisions are constantly nudged, magnified, monetized and weaponized.

Not because the problems aren’t real — they are — but because the patterns are. The outrage cycles. The villains rotate. The ...

This isn’t a new problem. It’s an old one we’ve dressed up with better technology.

It gets rid of your gambling debts / It quits smoking / It’s a friend, it’s a companion / It’s the only product you will ever ...

Prof Michael Wooldridge says scenario such as deadly self-driving car update or AI hack could destroy global interest ...

Judas’ Betrayal of Jesus: Perhaps the most infamous kiss in religious history, Judas Iscariot identified Jesus to Roman soldiers with a kiss, leading to his arrest and crucifixion. This act ...

On Feb. 21, 1937, Gary Lockwood, an actor known best for his performance in “2001: A Space Odyssey" and a 1954 Hart High Alumn, was born.

Science fiction loves to look to the future, but these five shows look ahead to what's now our past. The results are fun and ...