We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. The most important part of a starship in Star Trek canon is the one thing we almost never see in action.

In the Star Wars universe, firing up the deflector shields is no big deal. Imperial cruiser on your tail? Deflector shields. Incoming TIE Fighter? Better flip on the deflectors. Science fiction has ...

When I first got my Bonfire 2.0, I loved the clean burn and lack of smoke—it was perfect for backyard bonfires and camping trips. But as much as I appreciated its design, I sometimes wished the ...

Magnetic “deflector shields” could one day guard astronauts against dangerous space radiation, if experiments now underway pay off. Exposure to energetic charged particles could put astronauts on ...

One of the gravest dangers facing future astronauts traveling to Mars will be radiation in space: If the long trip doesn't kill them, cancer eventually could. These threats can, however, be defeated.

Justice is a writer on Gamerant who began writing when he watched Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and had to deal with the shame of being the only one who loved it. While he focuses mainly on ...