The video traces the word “nerd” from its Dr. Seuss origin through TV and film portrayals such as Happy Days, Maurice Moss ...

One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today. Or you may self-identify as a nerd due ...

The word “nerd” has changed a lot in the last few years, evolving from a derogatory term meant to skewer uncool or out-of-touch individuals to a more value-neutral (and sometimes even positive) ...

There are all kinds of nerds — book nerds, computer nerds, history nerds, science nerds, space nerds, sci-fi nerds, math nerds, even just plain nerd nerds — and the land of the literary has room for ...

Or you may self-identify as a nerd due to your keen interest in a certain hobby or subject, like movies or grammar or whimsical parade floats. Nerd has been part of our lexicon for at least ...

It may conjure images of Family Matters' bespectacled, suspenders-clad Steve Urkel. Or the theoretical physicist Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory. Or Scooby-Doo's Velma. Or you may ...