We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of the most convenient pieces of technology in the "Star Trek" universe, from a writer's perspective, is the universal translator.

Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Shawn Heinrichs. As my colleague Ross Andersen reported in a recent feature for The Atlantic, an international group of scientists called Project CETI is working ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KOKOMO, Ind. — Star Trek fans number in the ...