In the tech industry, the terms “nerds” and “geeks” are thrown around a lot. For some, those terms are offensive. For others, they’re endearing. And for some they are simply accurate descriptors for ...

Do the stereotypical nerds and geeks really exist? I am talking about socially awkward timid loners who are also highly intelligent in Science, Mathematics, and Problem Solving. What happens to them ...

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 ...

Four years ago, artist and filmmaker Gina Hara sets foot guerilla-style in Japan. Pressed by Japanese commuters, she takes in the birthplace of geek culture. What she seeks is a community that not ...

To all of you nerds and geeks who like me have been unfairly and inaccurately labeled dorks, only to then exhaustively explain the differences among the three to a more-than-skeptical offender, I say: ...