(Photo by Ian Tuttle/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize ) Actor LeVar Burton, who made his name as Kunta Kinte in the 1977 miniseries Roots and, later, as Geordi La Forge in the long-running TV ...

The Big Bang Theory was never short on scientific expertise, nerdy references, and an encyclopedic knowledge of comic books and sci-fi pop culture. All of which contributed to the show becoming one of ...