Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik is proud to call herself a “nerd,” and in an interview explained that there actually is a differentiation between the terms “nerd” and “geek.” And here’s what she had to ...

The other night, I was watching the sometimes painfully bad 1998 horror film The Faculty. I remember really liking that movie in high school, and I’m not sure why. It’s basically a modern version of ...

Should branding someone a 'nerd' be made a hate crime? Dr Sonja Falck thinks 'divisive and humiliating' anti-IQ insults can have negative effects that last a lifetime, while @Bobby_Seagull says the ...

It’s a good time to be a nerd. Nerdgasms abound. But maybe this is a problem. Over the past few years, nerds have been elevated from a socially maligned subculture into the realm of highly desirable.

Someone recently asked me what my “type” is – the type of guy I usually fall for. While I don’t think I have a type per se, I was told I always dated “nerdy” guys. I personally like to refer to them ...

Whenever nerds of a certain age get-together, the topic invariably turns to the current geek-dominated state of popular culture and how different and more accepting today’s environment is compared to ...