Finding the Missing Stardates of Star Trek
A complete catalogue of episode stardates using linear interpolation.
Beginning Of Wisdom
Investigating the familiar Star Trek franchise from a scientific perspective; challenging assumptions and misconceptions to answer deeper questions.
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This is not a Daedalus!
An egregious case of a canon double-standard.
Epistemic Infrastructure in the United Federation of Planets
Have you ever tried to think inside an infrastructure?
Why Did Saavik Leave Star Trek?
A comparison of production justifications, novelisations and fan theories.
What Cochrane's Telescope Reveals About The Enterprise
An analysis of astronomy in Star Trek: First Contact
Social Cohesion in the United Federation of Planets
The United Federation of Planets is the most beautiful vision of the future that science fiction has ever created. We are presented with a unified Earth. Said Earth exists within an interplanetary organization dedicated to the advancement of collective well-being and intercultural understanding. Considering the crises currently plaguing our 21ˢᵗ-century Earth, this is nothing short of a utopia.…
‘Transwarp’ Is Nonsense
The concept of transwarp was introduced in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock to describe a developed, faster warp drive. The concept obviously lacks a scientific basis, but the name 'transwarp' incorrectly describes what it is, hence 'nonsense'.
The Distinction Between a Preganglionic Fibre and a Postganglionic Nerve
'Preganglionic fibres and postganglionic nerves aren't anything alike. Any first year medical student could tell them apart.'