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Star Trek legend to undergo surgery at 94 after terrifying accident

Star Trek legend to undergo surgery at 94 after terrifying accident

Published by Daniella Wilson

Star Trek legend William Shatner is set to undergo surgery at 94 years of age following a terrifying horse accident.   The actor opened up about the ordeal during an appearance at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films’ 53rd annual Saturn Awards in Burbank.  “I ride the horses that can compete in equine skills, which is fast down and ends on a sliding stop,” he explained. “And the horse that I owned, I came off.” © Getty ImagesWilliam Shatner poses backstage at the 53rd annual Saturn Awards “And she had a habit of going too far, like six inches to the side. And I’m riding it. And I’m ready. And she goes [too fast and sent him flying],” he continued.  “I’m not a young stuntman anymore. I started to roll, but hit the dirt with my shoulder. So I wrecked my shoulder.” William revealed he is to undergo a “new type of shoulder operation called a reverse something or other” on Wednesday. © WireImageWilliam is an accomplished horseman “You put the ball …

Star Trek is struggling to find its moment – it might need to face a hard truth

Star Trek is struggling to find its moment – it might need to face a hard truth

Published by Daniella Wilson

There’s a scene late in the 1991 movie Star Trek VI: the Undiscovered Country where old warhorses Kirk and Spock wonder whether they’ve outlived their own usefulness. The film itself is a Cold War allegory that sees the once-adversarial Klingons brokering for peace, a situation that leaves the Enterprise crewmates confronting a galaxy that may no longer need them. It’s a sobering moment in a story that serves as a swan song for the original team. But it’s also a question that echoes today, not just for Kirk but for Star Trek itself. The underwhelming performance of latest offshoot Starfleet Academy in early Nielsen ratings, and the fact that no new series is currently in production, suggest a once-dominant sci-fi brand is struggling to capture the public imagination. Streaming fragmentation muddies the numbers, but the cultural temperature feels far cooler than in previous eras. A show that once defined television science fiction now feels strangely peripheral. But this could be more than just franchise fatigue. It may be that Star Trek’s worldview is simply out …

Star Trek is facing a critical moment – here’s how it can survive

Star Trek is facing a critical moment – here’s how it can survive

Published by Daniella Wilson

With no new shows in active development for the first time in over a decade and Star Trek now old enough to get a bus pass, the franchise is in a strange place. Trek has endured for 60 years for a very good reason: it provides a hopeful and optimistic view of the future that foregrounds diverse characters, diverse voices and a focus on problem-solving through science and cooperation above all else. It shows us a hopeful vision of tomorrow while also overflowing with creative aliens, starships packed with the kind of technology that’s been inspiring scientists and engineers for decades, and beloved characters like Kirk, Spock and Picard that are as popular now as they were when they first debuted. However, in an increasingly unstable world that prioritises self-referential humour over sincerity, it can often feel like Trek is a relic out of time. So the question becomes, what does Star Trek need to do to survive another 60 years in a world where hope is seen as old-fashioned? It begins with that famous …

The Vampire Diaries and Star Trek star joins Apple TV’s The Buccaneers

The Vampire Diaries and Star Trek star joins Apple TV’s The Buccaneers

Published by Daniella Wilson

Paul Wesley has joined the cast of The Buccaneers season 3 as a mysterious but charming stranger who arrives into Nan and Mrs St George’s world, turning it upside down. Best known for his work in The Vampire Diaries and more recently, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, not much else is known about Wesley’s character, but it’s clear he’ll play a pivotal role in the third outing of the Apple TV series. Rumours about Wesley’s casting in the series had spread online prior to the announcement, with images of him on set alongside Christina Hendricks’ character, confirming season 3 was in production. As for what is set to take place in season 3, Apple TV has confirmed the Buccaneers will be “fighting back”, and they’ll be doing it side by side. Paul Wesley. Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Paramount+ The logline reads: “When they arrived in England they were all navigating their first loves. Now, they’re looking for the loves of their live, and with a new and enigmatic Duke at the helm, Tintagel is also facing …

Hiking on the roof of North Africa: a trek to Morocco’s tallest peak | Morocco holidays

Hiking on the roof of North Africa: a trek to Morocco’s tallest peak | Morocco holidays

Published by Sam Flores

Coming up the footpath from Imlil, Hussein and I step aside to let a laden mule go past and I look back. On the wooded lower slopes of the valley are clusters of tall houses, some plumed with wood smoke. There appears to be a lot of building work going on, some of it to repair the damage caused by the 2023 earthquake. The sound of a concrete mixer comes cutting through the cool mountain air mixed with birdsong and human voices. Turning back to face south, I can see the Atlas mountains, austere and aloof, a few snow patches on the upper slopes. That’s where we are going, to the top of Toubkal at 4,167 metres, the highest peak in North Africa. Hussein has been a guide in this beautiful Moroccan valley all his adult life. “Most people here work in tourism now,” he says, waving a greeting to a muleteer who is passing us. The man is clutching the tail of his animal to steady himself up the steep track. “Twenty years ago everyone grew walnuts …

Star Trek and the Psyche

Star Trek and the Psyche

Published by Jenni Sidey

Gene Roddenberry (the television writer who created Star Trek in 1966) once explained that he “took the perfect person and divided him into three: the administrative courageous part in the Captain, the logical part in the Science Officer, and the humanist part in the Doctor” (Edward Gross, 1995). That description has shaped how fans and philosophers read the show ever since. But Roddenberry miscounted. His show has four distinct psychological functions on the bridge, but he left the fourth one out when he described them. He is in good company. People have been doing this to Plato for over two thousand years. Four in the Text, Three in the Reading Plato’s Politeia (the work we call The Republic thanks to Cicero’s Latin mistranslation) describes the soul as having three parts: reason (logistikon), spirit (thumos), and appetite (epithumia). But throughout the dialogue, Plato also describes a fourth element… repeatedly, and by name. He calls it the auto politeia (self-constitution): the governing principle that determines how the three parts relate. Plato has it in the text. His …

New Trek, new e-bike laws, new Honda, more!

New Trek, new e-bike laws, new Honda, more!

Published by skeptic

This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes a fun new automatic shifting e-bike from Trek, a whole host of potential new e-bike laws from around the US, a study that shows the impacts of e-bike use on the brain, Fly mopeds get in more trouble, Honda has a new low-cost electric motorcycle design, and more. The Wheel-E podcast returns every two weeks on Electrek’s YouTube channel, Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter. As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the site with an embedded link to the live stream. Head to the YouTube channel to get your questions and comments in. After the show ends, the video will be archived on YouTube and the audio on all your favorite podcast apps: Advertisement – scroll for more content Apple Podcasts Spotify Overcast Pocket Casts Castro RSS We also have a Patreon if you want to help us to avoid more ads and invest more in our content. We have some awesome …

Why Elon Musk has misunderstood the point of Star Trek

Why Elon Musk has misunderstood the point of Star Trek

Published by skeptic

“Space travel is the setting but not the heart of the Star Trek franchise” … A scene from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Everett Collection Inc/Alamy To live in the US at this moment is to live through a series of strange juxtapositions. I prepare myself for how to respond if the construction workers at my house get stopped by government agents; I need to think about what I would like to eat for dinner. I tell my spouse to pick up some veggies from the grocer; I worry he will be stopped by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the way home. I am supposed to do science, to write about how the universe is exciting; I spend part of my day reading about children being held in detention camps. NASA’s funding survived an attempted cut; NASA decimated its workforce in 2025, and they are probably not coming back. The week this column publishes, NASA may launch an astronaut on a journey around the moon – humanity’s first in decades. This is a stage …

Star Trek Stole This from a Movie—and More SFF Links

Star Trek Stole This from a Movie—and More SFF Links

Published by José Betancourt

Read an Excerpt from Queen of Faces by Petra Lord One of 2026’s most anticipated YA novels is Queen of Faces by Petra Lord, a dark fantasy about a trans girl at an academy for assassins. Anabelle Gage has spent her life trapped inside a boy’s body, and it’s starting to break down. And unlike many of the wealthy citizens, she can’t afford to buy a new one. So she decides to steal a new body using her magic, but instead, is caught by the headmaster of Paragon Academy. As the head of a school for assassins, he is, of course, not very lenient, but he tells Ana that he won’t turn her in if she becomes his personal assassin. With no choice but to accept, Ana soon aligns herself with a band of renegades, and as time goes by, the lines between good and evil start to blur. Swords and Spaceships Sign up to Swords and Spaceships to receive news and recommendations from the world of science fiction and fantasy. Subscribe to Selected No Thanks You can read …

William Shatner Reacts to Stephen Miller Complaint Over Woke Star Trek

William Shatner Reacts to Stephen Miller Complaint Over Woke Star Trek

Published by Daniella Wilson

William Shatner had a fascinating response to Stephen Miller‘s suggestion that the star’s insight was needed to improve the Star Trek franchise. Last week, the White House deputy chief of staff for policy shared a post from the X account End Wokeness that featured a viral clip of new series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. The clip showed castmembers Tricia Black (playing Lt. Rork), Gina Yashere (Lura Thok) and Holly Hunter (Nahla Ake), and the End Wokeness post added the message, “Star Trek 2026… Beyond parody…,” seemingly reflecting unhappiness over the performers’ looks. Miller wrote, “Tragic. But it’s not too late for @paramountplus to save the franchise. Step 1: Reconcile with @WilliamShatner and give him total creative control.” On Monday, Shatner responded by joking about the supposed problem with the scene, focusing on the fact that Hunter’s character uses glasses. “I am so on the same page with you @StephenM !” the 94-year-old star wrote. “The fact that they have not cure Hyperopia by the 32rd Century is an abysmal oversight on the writers!” The actor …