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Star Trek: The Original Series: The 10 greatest episodes (+ video)
Star Trek: The Original Series first aired 46 years ago Friday, and Google is marking the occasion with an elaborate, interactive doodle that includes a number of Trek tropes, including a doomed redshirt, a chief communications officer in soft-focus, a bulkhead full of tribbles, a generic rocky planet, and a whole lot of blinking and beeping and flashing lights.The doodle is based on a first-season episode titled 'The Arena,' in which Captian Kirk is transported to a planet that looks suspiciously like the outskirts of Los Angeles, where he must face off against a reptilian humanoid. By our calculations, 'The Arena' was the 17th greatest episode. Here are our top ten:
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Top 10 time travelers
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In Pictures: Famous Aliens
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Culture Cafe Monkees announce tour will cross the US this summer (+video)
Monkees announce tour: The Monkees reunion tour will kick off July 15 and could expand into an international tour, according to band member Micky Dolenz. Tickets for the Monkees summer tour will go on sale May 3.
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Obama 'Jedi Mind Meld' flub mixes confuses 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars'
Obama Jedi Mind Meld: Yoda-quoting nerds, Beltway insiders, and even Hollywood heroes were instantly abuzz.
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Culture Cafe 'Star Wars: Episode 7': Harrison Ford open to returning for a new film, sources say
Unnamed sources are saying 'Star Wars' actor Harrison Ford is 'open to the idea of doing the movie.'
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Star Trek: The Original Series: The 10 greatest episodes (+ video)
Star Trek: The Original Series first aired 46 years ago Friday, and Google is marking the occasion with an elaborate, interactive doodle that includes a number of Trek tropes, including a doomed redshirt, a chief communications officer in soft-focus, a bulkhead full of tribbles, a generic rocky planet, and a whole lot of blinking and beeping and flashing lights.The doodle is based on a first-season episode titled 'The Arena,' in which Captian Kirk is transported to a planet that looks suspiciously like the outskirts of Los Angeles, where he must face off against a reptilian humanoid. By our calculations, 'The Arena' was the 17th greatest episode. Here are our top ten:
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A star is born: Mars rover Curiosity has legions of fans all a-Twitter
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity began tweeting to avid followers years before it dramatically landed on the surface of Mars. But the number of its followers just skyrocketed.
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Leonard Nimoy says goodbye to 'Star Trek' fans
Leonard Nimoy starred as Mr. Spock in the orginal 'Star Trek' TV series and several motion pictures. Now, Leonard Nimoy has decided to walk away from 'Trek' conventions
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Emmy winners include 'Mildred Pierce,' 'Modern Family'
Jane Lynch hosting falls a little flat but Emmy winners Kyle Chandler and Margo Martindale are highlights of the night.
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'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' - The Screen Rant review
Does Michael Bay’s ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon,’ roll out an epic 3D blockbuster experience? Or is the movie just scrap metal? Read the review.
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Pon Farr: What does 'Pon Farr' mean anyway?
Pon Farr: Unless you're a Vulcan bachelor, you don't have to worry about coming down with a case of Pon Farr.
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Top 10 time travelers
Strictly speaking, we're all one-way time travelers: plodding forward through the progress of existence second-by-second. And thanks to special relativity, you could, in principle, skip ahead into the future by traveling at a very high speed relative to your contemporaries. But that, too, would be a one-way trip. As for travel back in time? Some physicists cautiously speculate that it is possible, but only time will tell. In the meantime, here are our top ten favorite fictional time travelers.
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Leonard Nimoy honored by the town of Vulcan
Leonard Nimoy spoke to citizens of Vulcan, Canada at an event for the world's most famous Vulcan. "I figured it was time to come home," Leonard Nimoy said.
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In Pictures: Famous Aliens
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Review: 'Star Trek'
For 'Star Trek' fans a new addition to the franchise that delivers some telling back stories about the young Enterprise crew.
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