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Book Signings in Denver This Saturday!

As the bestselling author of the Galahad series and the Mindbender Books, Dom is used to book signing events. They are always a fun opportunity to talk with fans, take pictures for people's Facebook pages, and hear feedback from readers.

Of course, book signings usually happen in book sto

News for Nerds - November 30, 2012

Welcome back to News for Nerds! This week we'll examine whether the universe has anything left to give, we'll break down the cost of moving an entire city to Mars, and we'll unveil the future of winter driving. But first: this isn't your grandmother's dot matrix printer.

Teen T-Shirt Designer is Pretty Brainy

Ciera Dykstra is a teenager with a lot of interests -- dance, art, guitar, math, soccer, science... and fashion.

Those last two interests, science and fashion, merged for Ciera this year when she attended the STEM Institute at

Building A Better Student: Teaching To Give

There’s an old joke about how a two-year-old views the world:



If I’m playing with it, it’s mine.

If I set it down and you pick it up, it’s mine.

If you walk into the room with it and I like it, it’s mine.



And so on

Rhodes Scholars Get Their Nerd On

A volunteer firefighter, a sailor, and the drummer in a West African dance troupe walk into the most prestigious university in the world.

Nope, this isn't the setup to a joke. It's exactly what will happen next Fall, when the incoming crop of Rhodes Scholars make their way to Oxford

Building A Better Student: Refuse To Choose

Because I’m an advocate for increased emphasis on academics, there are some groups that try to drag me into their “sports get too much attention” message. While I might agree with the basic tenet of their argument, there are three reasons why I won’t get caught up in that

News for Nerds - November 16, 2012

Welcome back to Nerds for Nerds! This week we poke around inside your bellybutton, help you regain some self-control, and learn about some amazing medical advances for the human brain. But first: Once upon a time I was falling in love, but now I'm only falling apart...

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East Meets West: The Struggle for Smarts (NPR)

What factors constitute intelligence? If you had to pick just one factor, what would it be?

How you answer those questions seems to depend largely on what part of the world you're from. An NPR story this week http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/11/12/164793058/st

Have You Peaked?

A co-worker of mine was voted “Class Clown” by her high school peers many years ago.  One of my good friends scored the “Best Hair” award, and a caller to our radio show told us that she was selected “Most Likely to Run Over a Pedestrian.” (For the record,

News for Nerds - November 9, 2012

Welcome back to News for Nerds! This week we demystify the feeling of love at first sight, we give you a couple very good reasons to sit up straight and fix that bad posture, and we take a look at yet another robot video at the request of my longtime friend and coworker, Jane London. But first: z