Star Trek

Selects copies of Trainspotting and Star Trek from shelves. Presents them at desk. 

Appendix B lists numerous uses of the fourth dimension, hyperspace, and wormholes in science fiction. For example, Carl Sagan in his novel Contact also uses the Kip Thorne wormholes to traverse the universe. The television shows Star Trek The Next Generation, Star Trek Voyager, and Star Trek Deep Space Nine have all used wormholes to travel between faraway regions of space. In Star Trek Deep Space Nine, a station stands guard over one end of a stable wormhole. 

Science fiction books and television shows have fueled the life-form debate by creating a number of imaginary, silicon-based creatures. The Horta, perhaps one of the most well-known creatures, first appeared in 1967 on an episode of the original Star Trek series. These intelligent, silicon-based life forms looked a little like burnt marshmallows, yet intelligently defended their store of eggs against the unaware human invaders. 

So it s no wonder that for all the media hype surrounding it, superconductivity—the very name conjures up something that belongs in a Star Trek film—should be a mysterious occurrence understood only by brainy scien-... 

C is correct. The MCAT sometimes uses the phrase "van der Waals" forces as a synonym for London Dispersion Forces. A more modern meaning is as a synonym for intermolecular forces. In either case, this is a correct answer. Hydrogen bonding requires a hydrogen atom bonded to a nitrogen, fluorine, or oxygen. D is from an episode of Star Trek. 

Star Trek The Next Generation, Episode No. 246 The Chase (Stardate 46731.5) aired April 26, 1993. 

Uncle Sam provides sacred areas for us and generations to come. They are ideal for sessions. But remember, follow the rules. What ever goes in comes out. No litter. We are like Star Trek, and we are not supposed to leave garbage in the forest. Day trips in a park are fun. 

Silicon was a logical choice of an element for the Star Trek episode about a very different life form. Silicon is just below carbon in Group IV of the periodic table, has the same number of outer shell electrons, and has some properties that are similar. It can bond to itself (though not as extensively as carbon) and, like carbon, it is tetravalent. 

Fig. 3.4 Hollywood warfighter suit of the future The Borg from Star Trek, showing the Borg Shield repelling phaser fire. Tagline Sir, they ve adapted ...

There is a real possibility that microbes from Earth would find conditions on another heavenly body suitable for them to live. If so, is it ethical for planetary probes from Earth to infect the other world NASA personnel say no. Just as in the TV program Star Trek, the prime directive was to prevent interference with alien societies, especially those less advanced than the one that operated the starship Enterprise there should be no contamination of other places in space. Yet, in reality, there is the possibility that some errant microbe might hitchhike its way on a probe from Earth. So, to what degree should hardware from Earth be sterilized What level of assurance is acceptable (Greenberg and Tufts, 2001) ... 

Jeannie once talked with Jamie about the prime directive from Star Trek When you go back in time, you can t move a rock on a planet or you ll change its history forever. And Jamie said, "Well, you can move the rocks on my planet anytime you want."... 

Beam me up, Scotty, the famous phrase attributed to Captain Kirk when he wanted physical transport back to the ship in the original Star Trek series, seemed so unreal. 

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