The breakthrough came in an impossibly small slice of time, less than it takes a beam of light to move an inch. In that tiny moment, nuclear fusion as an energy source went from far-away dream to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. On "Star Trek," when Starfleet officers were about to embark on a dangerous away mission, they would be instructed to set the gauges on their ...

Some of the technology from Star Trek is already coming to life in the Lockheed Martin lab. One high-energy laser beam, similar to the phaser from the series, can even track and destroy rockets. The ...