Nerd Nite is an informal gathering at which nerds get together for nerdery of all sorts (well, mostly presentations and drinking). An institution in Boston, New York, Austin, Washington DC, Munich, and now San Francisco.

This one's going to be a BEAST! From the cute to the slippery to the predatory, this month's Nerd Nite will bring out the animal in us, with an aquatic biologist, a wonk-nerd hybrid, and a pickup artist explaining it all. (Also: look forward to getting some geeky—and hackable—swag from our sponsor, CBS’s The Big Bang Theory!)

NERD NITE - "It's like the Discovery Channel... with beer!"

- Aquatic biologist Brooke Weinstein will take us beyond the caricatures of "Penguins: The True Chicken of the Sea"

- Wonk-nerd hybrid Kate Wing will reel us in with an explanation of fishy politics in "One Fish, Two Fish, Eat Fish, Sue Fish"

- And the social mastermind GK explains "PUAs, HBs and AMOGs: An Introduction to Pickup Artistry."

Sponsored by CBS's "The Big Bang Theory." Be there and be square!