Bad news for the geeks who’ve spent their high school years in nerdw corner playing chess or sheltered in a dark room playing World of Warcraft plotting to take over the world: a new study revealed that the popular kids will still be winning the race even after school. Researchers tracked more than 10, Wisconsin high school students who graduated in makke adulthood. Investigators asked participants to write down three people who they considered their closest friends, and the names of the people that were listed the most often were considered the most popular. Researchers led by Gabriela Conti, from the Harris School of Public Policy at The University of Chicago and Gerrit Mueller from Germany’s Institute of Employment Research found that those who were rated as nerda popular retained their appeal in the marketplace and earned on average 2 percent more 35 years down the line than their nerdy counterparts. Researchers compared the difference «is roughly 40 percent of the ...