When I think back on my childhood, my happiest memories aren't tied to things I owned. They're about the freedom of growing up in a small Ohio town where everyone knew your name and kids ran in packs.

The stereotypes are true: Nobody ever asks dad what he wants for Christmas. Now don’t get me wrong! I live a fortunate life. My kids and partner are delightful, I do interesting work surrounded by ...

Every year I insist that each of my three children select a book for us to read together. Begrudging the assignment, my daughter Ilana spent the summer before college exploiting my love of the past by ...

Arguing over the best hardware of the year is usually fun. That’s as true as ever in 2025, when Brad Chacos, Adam Patrick Murray, Will Smith, and Alaina Yee (hi, it’s me) rolled up our sleeves and got ...

Linguist, influencer and author Adam Aleksic explored the effects of technology on modern-day language at a talk titled “Are We Cooked?,” hosted by the Northwestern University Linguistics Student ...

SAN ANTONIO — Bookworms can now visit a new community bookshop at the Castle Hills Market - the area's first bookstore in over two decades. Owners Lauren and Sean Richmond said Book Nerd is dedicated ...

Getting students to buy into the project of a course has become a more urgent challenge in recent years, many professors say. While many students are distracted by smart phones, tempted by generative ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years ...

We asked personal finance Nerds to share what they learned about money in their 20s. Steal their tips to keep your finances intact. No matter what you study at college, it isn’t long before you learn ...

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 ...

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 ...