The basic translation here is that in a comedy organization, “cool-smart-funny” people attract “smart-funny” people, “smart-funny” people attract “smart” people, and “smart” people attract other ...

“Mathematicians in Love,” by Rudy Rucker (Tor, 364 pages, $24.95) Rudy Rucker is a one-man movement for what he calls transrealism. His new book is not just a transrealist masterpiece but also an ...

For Joe Horan, the skills he learns in the classroom are not the ones he applies on stage. After all, that’s where he improvises. Horan, a fourth-year in mathematics, is an aspiring stand-up comedian ...

Aisha Tyler has what she refers to as "all the jobs." Most people know her as the voice of crime-fighting, take-no-prisoners Lana Kane on FX's animated show "Archer." She's also a daytime talk show ...