{"id":199175,"date":"2017-06-15T21:22:50","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T01:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/star-trek-legacy-lives-on-in-space-exploration-video-scientific-american\/"},"modified":"2017-06-15T21:22:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T01:22:50","slug":"star-trek-legacy-lives-on-in-space-exploration-video-scientific-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/space-exploration\/star-trek-legacy-lives-on-in-space-exploration-video-scientific-american\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Trek Legacy Lives On in Space Exploration [Video] &#8211; Scientific American"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>    Fifty years ago Star Trek beamed into television sets    for the first time, igniting an international passion for an    imagined future that has played out in movies, books and    conventions ever since. Today devoted fans speak the Klingon    language and the residents of Riverside, Iowa, claim dibs on    the future birthplace of Capt. James Tiberius Kirkand many    scientists trace their spacefaring curiosities back to this    fantasy. The shows impact on the breadth of scientific    imagination has proved as fathomless as space itself. Director    Craig Thompson takes on the challenge of exploring Star    Treks vast web of influence in the upcoming documentary    The Truth Is in the Stars. Thompson discussed Star    Treks influence on culture and scientific advancement in    a live Webcast Wednesday night. He was joined by three other    panelists from the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics    in Ontario. Perimeter director Neil Turok, Perimeter researcher    Avery Broderick and rocket scientist Natalie Panek expounded on    the lasting impact Star Trek has made on them and on    society.   <\/p>\n<p>    Watch the video to hear what insights this collaboration of    scientific and artistic minds has on an iconic fiction fixture    that continues to inspire science. The discussion is part of    Perimeters public lecture series presented by BMO Financial.  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here: <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/star-trek-legacy-lives-on-in-space-exploration-video\/\" title=\"Star Trek Legacy Lives On in Space Exploration [Video] - Scientific American\">Star Trek Legacy Lives On in Space Exploration [Video] - Scientific American<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Fifty years ago Star Trek beamed into television sets for the first time, igniting an international passion for an imagined future that has played out in movies, books and conventions ever since. Today devoted fans speak the Klingon language and the residents of Riverside, Iowa, claim dibs on the future birthplace of Capt. James Tiberius Kirkand many scientists trace their spacefaring curiosities back to this fantasy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/space-exploration\/star-trek-legacy-lives-on-in-space-exploration-video-scientific-american\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187764],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-space-exploration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}