Early this week we reported Zoe Saldana saying that the Star Trek XII script is 'halfway done'.  Now, Zachary Quinto isn't confirming the progress, but is confirming that writing is underway.

Our young time / space traveling ensign Wesley Crusher turns 37 today.  Who would have thought the Wil Wheaton would become such a great author and nerd culture hero?  Well, we always knew you had it in you, Wil.  Even when you had to wear those futuristic sweaters and one-piece rainbow jumpsuits.  Happy Birthday Wil and here's to many more!  Oh, and, we really miss InDigital.

William Shatner has been all over the web today. Ever since his appearance on The Tonight Show w/ Conan O'Brien, where he performed poetry taken from excerpts of Sarah Palin's farewell speech, The Shat has been all the buzz across the interwebs.

On top of his appearance on Conan, The Shat also participated in a campaign organized by Greenpeace. FT.com/TechBlog gives us more details.

Thanks to our good friend Montgomery Scott, we now have a way to keep our whales in the cargo bay.  Well actually, an international team led by Oxford University scientists have found a way to turn normal aluminum into transparent aluminum using frickin' laser beams.

Here's this week's installment of The Trivia Tribble Presents. As always a huge thanks to the Trivia Tribble David Kleparek for providing the awesome content.

In this weeks episode of Trekcast, everyone's got a goatee.  That's right, our humble hosts are rolling their own Star Trek episode.

As reported by Newsarama, Zachary Quinto is stepping into the comics arena.  Zachary and his production company Before the Door Pictures, are developing comic books in a partnership with Archaia Comics. The details were releasesd Saturday at Comic-Con during the Achaia panel.  Achaia is also partnering with Roddenberry Productions to release their new comic 'Days Missing'.