"The Professor Fear Show" is a combination of quiz show meets nerd humor in a live performance. Todd and Cindy Hanson created the show and play the hosts, Professor Fear and Pinky. Together, the two ...

Ellen Spertus strives to be a "geek fertility goddess." The 32-year-old computer science professor is well on her way -- this week she was crowned "Sexiest Geek Alive" in an annual Silicon Valley ...

The Times used the term “cool nerds” in an article, and seems at first to have been taken to task for it by psychology professor David Anderegg. Under the headline, “‘Nerd’ and ‘Geek’ Should Be Banned ...

Despite the increased popularity of geek culture and the ubiquity of computers, the geek's close cousin, the nerd, still suffers from a negative stereotype in popular culture, according to new ...