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In addition to news, television listings, and event and convention calendars, this May issue of the Nexus contains the latest STAR TREK publishing news in Jacqueline Bundy's regular STAR TREK IN PRINT column. You'll also find a new column on the real-life research toward nanotechnology by Marc Xavier. Enjoy a preview of Marc's article below if you're not a subscriber, and you can join to get the rest of the column.

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Column Preview: Assimilation May Be Closer Than You Think

Written by Marc Xavier, edited by Steve Krutzler

Though there might not be a mysterious sphere up in the arctic, waiting with its insidious nanoprobes to roboticize your great grandchildren, and though the chances are slim that there are Swedish cyborg zombies from the delta fringes of the Milky Way waiting to enslave the human race, at least one of the things in this week’s episode of Enterprise, “Regeneration,” might not be too far fetched. The United States House of Representatives approved an increase in spending on the Nanotechnology Research and Development Act on May 7, 2003. Strangely enough, this development came on the same day that “Regeneration” premiered on television sets across the country. Coincidence? We think not...

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