A real nerd’s nerd. Nerd. Ceding moral decisions to driverless cars. (Warning: A video immediately plays when you click the link.) Your dead dog is a robot. How do you…
Queen mother of lady nerds Margaret Atwood has reaffirmed her status as the OG Cool Chick Carol by contributing to an all-female nonfiction anthology called The Secret Loves of Geek…
Requiem for a pigeon. Fiction meets reality in space. Our Lord and Savior, science fiction. The right to know vs. the right to be forgotten. The proliferation of nerd. How…
The role-playing fantasy game, Dungeons & Dragons, has just turned 40. And along with its enduring popularity comes a literary legacy: For certain writers, especially those raised in the 1970s…
The etymology of the term “nerd” involves a lot of abbreviation, according to English actor, comedian and writer Simon Pegg. However, there’s a lack of fact-checking and historical verification there.…