DS9 revolves around a unique trade route between the Alpha and Gamma quadrants. The route was an artificial wormhole controlled by the Prophets. It seems that they have no needs, they don't even experience the passage of time. What did we give them in exchange for free access?

The Underworld franchise gives a modern twist to the war between Vampires and Werewolves, aka Lycans. Here, these species aren't "supernatural" in origin, but more a biological or evolutionary curiosity, stemming from a sole progenitor: the 5th century War Lord Alexander Corvinus, the "first true...

I read a story on fanfiction a few years ago and now I can't find it. It was a marriage law fic between draco and hermione. In the story someone who worked at the ministry tried to pull strings to get Hermione as his match but Kingsley intervened and matched her with draco. They had a wedding in ...

In Season 1 Episode 11 of STTNG, "The Big Good-Bye", Picard lights up and smokes a cigarette inside the holodeck. Since we know that cigarettes cause cancer wouldn't creating an actual cigarette violate the built-in safety protocols? If it's not a real tobacco cigarette, what is being burned?

What 1980's crime show featured a man that could leave his body? Aired around the same time as Knight Rider.

I’m trying to identify a book I remember reading sometime in the 2005-2006 time range. This book was in my fifth grade classroom in the US. I’ve tried searching for it a few times in the past few months, but haven’t had any luck. It was a collection of short fantasy stories, and I assume it was ...

Animated (anime?) movie with a boy who is transported to another world by a girl, accidentally. In this world he meets his backpack who is now a cute living creature and learns that he can become anything he can imagine. I think the girl wanted to transport another boy she had an eye on to help a...

Star Trek - The Next Generation, S6E12, Ship in a Bottle, makes it quite clear that holograms cannot be beamed with available Federation tech at the moment. In Star Trek - Voyager, S5E13, the EMH is transported while using the mobile emitter. What confuses me: the EMH seems to be transported him...

I remember watching this as a child, it was very scary for me, I had nightmares. I think it's around 25-30 years old. It's happening on an airport, there is some time traveling included I think, and then some huge round creatures with mouths full of scary teeth like saws appear and eat everything.

We always hear that in DAoT, there was technology enabling humans to basically do everything. Some examples are named, e.g. the Men of Iron and Artificial Intelligence. Are there more examples of what was possible? For the peak of other races, we also have examples. Necrons had the Celestial Orr...

I didn't understand the reason for this course of action. What was it supposed to free the subject from?

J.A.R.V.I.S., the advanced A.I. which formed the basis for Vision's personality, has been prominent in the MCU from the start. In the first Iron Man film, he's shown as a program that basically serves as Tony's right hand, both in most technical capacities, and in mundane everyday tasks. He was ...

Back when I was young, I recall a interesting sci-fi novel. I recall the book as lacking a title, perhaps due to damage. If I remember right, the book was an antique (cloth cover, stained pages, etc) so odds are it is old. I've been digging for the title of this book but nothing has come back. ...

George Lucas's famous opening crawl used in most of his Star Wars films came directly from Universal's film adaptation of the Buck Rogers comic strips. Some things in Buck Rogers were notably NOT brought into Star Wars, such as the transporter which they used instead of elevators (but did make...

I read that book 20+ years ago and I am trying to find its title. The story is about space marines who visit various worlds and encounter new species. One original element of the story is the space marines can adjust some settings of the suit by moving switches with his tongue.

From the very first episode of Smallville it is made evident that the kryptonite meteor shower had immediate as well as delayed affects on a lot of biological matter, especially people. it is somewhat implied that exposure to the rock not only serves as a catalyst for [possibly latent] metahuman ...

I've got an image of an old sci-fi movie stuck in my head but I can't quite place it. What I remember: In a bedroom someone lies on a bed. We see some thin, snake-like tendrils exit the person's ear, after which the person's head crushes in, as if hollow, but not in a super gory way. I believ...

Does Hogwarts have their own anthem or song? If yes what are the lyrics of that song? I want to know if anything about a song or anthem is mentioned in the books.

Starfleet has many regulations about using technology (such as cloaking) and even abilities (telepathic information is not admissible at trial). Many episodes display Starfleet personnel using telekinesis/psychokinesis. Captain James Kirk controlled the dwarf Alexander with his mind in 2268. In 2...

I'm looking for a science-fiction short story, probably written by either Isaac Asimov or Poul Anderson. (I was binging on short stories collections from these two authors around the same time, years ago, and I'm pretty sure the story I'm looking for came from one of these books.) I recall from ...

Is there a suitably large grassy area in Golden Gate Park where a cloaked Klingon Bird-of-Prey could land? I don't think there are any hints in the film.

1.) Negative energy bubble- An alternative to Hyperspace. This is how the Alcubierre drive would work. 2.) Artificial cosmogenesis- This would be the creation of a new Star from scratch. 3.) Cosmic Ray sail- A sail ship that is powered by cosmic rays. 4.) Monopolium- https://arxiv.org/abs/h...

Just watched the Atlantis "The Earth Bull" on BBC and didn't find an explanation for why Pythagoras and Hercules speak fluent English, and Jason doesn't have a detectable accent. Is there an in-world explanation?