As nerdcore is to rap, scientific comedians are to the comedy-club circuit. Here’s a sample of the brainiac humor: A biologist walks into a comedy club. How does the story end? That stumped Lee, and he said he would think about it. A couple of days...

I’m not buying Tom Vanderbilt’s contention of a backlash against drive-thru structures — not by a long shot, when the bulk of American society/infrastructure is firmly car-centric to the core. But I do appreciate his eloquent description of the...

Just as the quaintly-named “social diseases” spread from person to person through that most intimate form of trust, the new breed of Facebook- and Twitter-borne online malware gets around quickly thanks to a social network’s perceived safety: Getting...

Last night’s faux-insightful exchange: Fellow Traveler: …I need an enema. Me: Thanks for sharing that. Fellow Traveler: No man, I mean, like, a soul enema. Me: Again, thanks for sharing. Good thing I was soused on my second Kill Divil, or else I don’t...

In an attempt to break through the music-media clutter, aspiring (and already-aspired) bands are using skin as an in, online: Accordingly, the music video has reemerged as a powerful promotional tool and thanks to relaxed standards of the Internet —...