MARS Magazine

Star Trek's George Takei disagrees with making Sulu gay in 'Star Trek Beyond,' the FDA debunks cryotherapy (20:26), Stanley Kubrick’s daughter attacks rumors of a faked NASA moon landing conspiracy (31:14), the new ‘BrainDead’ CBS series and the realities of parasite-powered mind control (39:58).

Rihanna's Star Trek video, ‘Lost In Space’ reboot on Netflix (9:24), James Cameron on ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ (14:40), ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ and real first contact (22:51).

'The Girl With All the Gifts' trailer, 'Westworld' on HBO (4:20), Anti-aging drug testing (9:13), Sci-fi writers as commercial pitch men (10:51), Chris Pine vs. classic 'Star Trek' (15:02), The Singularity via Boston Dynamics and Softbank's CEO Masayoshi Son (26:57).

Scientists predict alien contact timeline, ‘Stranger Things’ on Netflix (8:45), ‘Trekonomics’ book interview with Manu Saadia (13:13), Lucasfilm and Star Wars teams with Magic Leap to pioneer ‘mixed reality’ entertainment (43:54).

Events and special projects celebrating the 50th anniversary of Star Trek, a discussion of the history and future of the franchise and what the idea of The Federation means for Earth in reality.

‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ what we thought, Manus x Machina exhibit at The Met (6:05), ‘Approaching the Unknown’ (9:54), Amazon’s Jeff Bezos on Mars (13:46), ‘Logan’s Run’ remake (22:14).

'Alien: Covenant' photo leak, William Gibson’s 'Archangel' time travel meets politics comic (4:35), 'The Space Between Us' delivers human Martians (12:26), 'X-Men: Apocalypse,' 'Morgan' and next-gen humanity (21:55).

New time travel TV shows 'Timeless' and 'Time After Time,' synthetic genetics (8:47), the return of 'Wayward Pines' (15:25), transhumanist presidential candidate Zoltan Istvan (42:02).

NASA discovers new, possibly habitable planets, the state of science fiction via comics at Hi De Ho Comics (8:30), interview with the founders of Perception, the effects house behind the imaginary tech in Marvel's biggest film hits (18:15), dissecting the imagined tech in 'Captain America: Civil War' (40:15).

Seth MacFarlane to star in a sci-fi TV show, tech meets fashion at the Met Gala in New York (4:30), what happened on Star Wars Day (26:10), the Star Wars documentary 'Elstree 1976' (40:11), the future of the Star Wars franchise (53:10).