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Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Star Trek: Discovery” season 4, episode 12 This is it. This is the penultimate episode of the fourth season of “Star Trek: Discovery” on Paramount Plus. After this one…there’s only one more and we pick up right where we left off last week. The USS Discovery approaches the hyperfield structure where … Read more
On this episode of This Week in Space, we’ll tell you everything you need to know to fly your own rockets.
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Star Trek: Picard” season 2, episode 2 What an incredible week it’s been, sci-fi fans. Paramount Plus dropped the first official teaser trailer for “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” and, by a coincidence of galactic proportions, Disney dropped a teaser trailer for “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” the latest “Star Wars” live-action spin-off. Plus … Read more
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Star Trek: Picard” Season 2, episode 1 It’s been just two weeks short of two years since we last got to see Jean-Luc Picard in action on the Paramount Plus series “Star Trek: Picard” and the first season gave us plenty to talk about, some of it good and some of … Read more
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Star Trek: Discovery” season 4, episode 11 The first episode of “Star Trek: Picard” dropped on Paramount Plus this week, in an interesting move from the television studio. Perhaps they were hoping “Discovery” would benefit from the enormous publicity campaign that’s being adopted for the second season starring Patrick Stewart, otherwise … Read more
Tanya Lewis: Hi, and welcome to COVID, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series. Josh Fischman: This is your fast-track update on the COVID pandemic. We bring you up to speed on the science behind the most urgent questions about the virus and the disease. We demystify the research and help you understand what it really … Read more
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Star Trek: Discovery” Season 4, Episode 10 As the fourth season of “Star Trek: Discovery” trudges on, it’s impossible to shake the feeling that we’ve been here before. Not only is the basic premise of this seasonal story arc virtually identical to the last one, but when the season is considered … Read more
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Star Trek: Discovery” Season 4, Episode 9 While last week’s episode at least provided another fleeting glimpse into life in the galaxy circa 3190, this week we see a return to the primary plot, and we’re rewarded with drama, giant explosions, phasers and photon torpedoes — and even the return of … Read more
Tanya Lewis: Hi, and welcome to COVID, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series. Josh Fischman: This is your fast-track update on the COVID pandemic. We bring you up to speed on the science behind the most urgent questions about the virus and the disease. We demystify the research and help you understand what it really … Read more
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Star Trek: Discovery” season 4, episode 8 It’s been six weeks since we last saw the crazy antics the crew of the USS Discovery and we were left with something of a cliffhanger as Book (David Ajala) and Ruon Tarka (Shawn Doyle) departed the Discovery without authorization to build a bomb … Read more