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Year after year at New York Comic Con, I've seen people decked out in the most elaborate costumes they can make. Each one happily parades and displays their allegiance to their fictional doppelgangers ...

Sports are full of mysteries. When something goes just slightly wrong, we say, "What if _____ (fill in the blank) had happened differently," or something like that. Sports Science is set in California ...

Computer geeks can no longer be shoved into a locker and left to plead hopelessly through sixth period. They hold the keys. They are the masters of the deadly arts of the Internet. And often, they can ...

Yesterday, we talked to author, podcaster, and TV personality John Hodgman about his new book, That Is All, and thoughts on the end of the world. That sprawling conversation continued into many more ...

The nerds versus the jocks. The geeks vs. cool kids. It’s a tale as old as time, but especially since the 1980s. At least on film. Nerd culture may be winning today, but it wasn’t always that way, so ...