007 News WWW Edition - Put succinctly, this newsletter attempts to combine two things -- mathematics and humour. The articles range from the very serious and informative to the witty and (hopefully) hilarious. The ultimate goal of the newsletter is to bring you some enjoyment in mathematics that you might not be able to get anywhere else.
36 Methods of Mathematical Proof - Check how many you've used in your lifetime.
Acme Klein Bottle - Glass Klein bottles of all types.
Angels on a Pin - The possibly true story of the many possible ways of determining the height of a building using only a barometer.
Ask Dr. Science - America's foremost authoritarian on the world around us. Or at least the world around him.
Bad Science Projects - The scientific method gone terribly, terribly wrong. Scientists with too much time on their hands.
Biology Karaoke - Biology-related tunes set to pop music.
Brain Songs - Brain and neuroscience songs set to familiar tunes.
butseriously.com - Home of "But Seriously..." - where science and comedy collide and a lot of other stuff ends up in the debris. Comic Brian Malow hosts a live daily webcast featuring interviews with scientists, authors, techies, artists, musicians and others.
Buttered Cat - Stick a buttered piece of bread on the back of a cat, then throw the cat out a window. The result may surprise you.
College Entrance Essay - This one is an oldie but goodie.
CooperToons - Science cartoons indexed by category: physics, chemistry, life sciences, medicine, and computers.
Cosmic Debris - A look at life on Mars, anti-matter, plain old gravity and other cosmic phenomena from our favorite frivolous essayist, Gary Greenberg.
Curiosities of Biological Taxonomy - Etymologies, puns and funny sounds, wordplay, and more in taxonomy.
CyberDillo - (almost) Everything you ever wanted to know about armadillos but were afraid to ask. Ask the Psychic Armadillo, Armadillo Trivia Quiz, Benevolent Order of Armadillos, and Virtual Pet Armadillo.
Dolly's Cloning Emporium - Cloning humor and satire. Sheep, mice, frogs, humans, history, news, how-to's and definitions.
DreamTech International - "Visit DreamTech to see how we make dreams come true." A satirical site about human cloning which imitates the style and approach of a real business.
Einstein, Heisenberg, Tipler - A story of interviews betweeen these men and God, intended to determine if they should enter Heaven.
Ernie's Xchange - This site was created for some tongue-in-cheek fun, and light-hearted science.
Factoids - Designed to amuse and inspire students and colleagues.
Final Proof that Planes Indeed Evolved from Cars - A humorous look at a parody about evolution.
Flaxon Alternative Interface Technologies - Welcome to Flaxon Alternative Interface Technologies, home and research laboratory of the Evil Dr. Flaxon.
Fun With Math - Annotated links to math jokes, humor and mathematical recreations.
Furniture Physics - For every sofa there is an equal and opposite footstool. Living room furniture vs. forces of physics.
Gary Ramseyer's First Internet Gallery of Statistics Jokes - Over 120k of jokes.
Gregorio del Laboratorio's Science Song Center - Lyrics and music for parody songs devoted to science.
Guide to semiconductors - Britney SPears take you on a guide to laser physics
Hot Date Tel Tufo - A sizzling biochemical romance.
HotAIR: Annals of Improbable Research - International science humor magazine, rival to the Journal of Irreproducible Results, AIR chronicles genuine and concocted research from Earth's best and worst scientists and science writers, and administers the annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. Many articles online not in the print version, and vice versa.
Institute for Parallel Studies - A collection of odd, Frankenstein-like images and peculiar essays.
International Number Registry - Register a real or natural number in your name or that of a friend. Supplies may be limited.
Ivars Peterson's MathTrek - Abbott and Costello's wacky math.
Love and Tensor Algebra - A poem by Stanislaw Lem
Math Jokes - A collection of jokes about math and mathematicians.
Metric Conversion Chart - For those of us who hate conversion problems (and who doesn't?), here are some conversion factors that are much more enjoyable than what we usually see in the back of the textbook.
Middle school science humor - Statements taken from the work of middle school students.
Official Doohicky Website - A site set up o inform more people about doohickys.
Paradoxical Quotations - A micro collection of quotations that are paradoxical but are not paradoxes
Parodies & pastiches - Excerpts of humorous writings by scientists.
Physicists Take Matter(s) Into Their Own Hands - T-shirts, coffee mugs, and stationery depicting Physics humor.
Physics and Science Jokes
Physics Limericks - Physics limericks from the contests sponsored by the American Physical Society!
Physics Song Book - New physics lyrics to classic tunes.
Politically Correct Physics - Revised physics course descriptions.
Pretty Strange Patents - A look at weird and wacky patents from around the world.
Profession Jokes - Biologists - Jokes about biologists and biology (part of the Profession Jokes site).
Profession Jokes - Mathematicians - Jokes about mathematicians (part of the Profession Jokes site)
Psychology humor - What's the surest sign that a subject isn't really a science? They're the ones whose proponents spend the most time trying to insist that their field is a science! Psychology is the premier example. We'll include their jokes in science humor all the same -- if you don't humor them, they can get dangerous...
Radical & Extreme Hobbies - "Fun via high-power kinetic energy." Articles about various types of experiments that you don't want to try at home. Only professionals should try most of what you see on this site.
Retarded Physics - In-depth studies.
Save the Electrons - A campaign to save the uncountable numbers of electrons that are wasted everyday.
Science and Math Jokes - A weird and wacky place filled with links to all sorts of science jokes.
Science and Medicine Humor - A long list of links to biology songs and jokes, with some other science humor as well.
Science Entertainment - Home of Lynda Williams, the Physics Chanteuse.
Science Humor - Quotes from 11-year-olds' science exams, and what NOT to do/say at your Ph.D Defense.
Science Humor Webring - This ring is intended to join websites with humor about science and scientists, so that you can wander forever along the science humor sites.
Science Jokes (Joachim Verhagen's site) - Collection of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geology and university humor. It also includes humorous quotes, rhymes, mnemonics and anecdotes about scientists
Scientific Humour - A selection of science based humor, jokes, and anecdotes.
Scientific Quotes gathered on the Net - Miscellaneous funny quotes gathered on the Net about science, like:"What in the world is electricity ? And where does it go after it leaves the toaster ?"
Sokal's Paper - A physicists attempt to prove his hypothesis that: a leading North American journal of cultural studies . . . would publish an article liberally salted with nonsense if (a)it sounded good and (b) it flattered the editors' ideological preconceptions
South Pacific Institute of Nolledge - Te Ngstitute Pikamanaga O Pasifika. A satirical look at modern corporate research institutes: nolledge, boffins, sustainable managers, ambush marketing, electron retrospectroscopy and more.
Space Jokes - Astronomy related jokes, lyrics and songs in various formats
Super G-String Field Theory - A sequel to the original paper on g-string theory.
The Ape Theory - Some people may say The Planet of the Apes is just a movie, but this site ponders the fact, is it real? Scientific backup of the theory and the reasoning behind it.
The Calculus Hater - Calculus - a bane to millions of students.
The Dangers of Bread - The various dangers of eating bread.
The Dark Sucker Theory - Dedicated to those hardy, brave souls who know the deeper truth and aren't ashamed to admit it: that so-called "light sources" are really dark suckers.
The Deirdre Project - An investigation into a spatial and temporal anomaly, a dish which refuses to clean itself.
The Effects of Moore's Law and Slacking on Large Computations - We show that, in the context of Moore's Law, overall productivity can be increased for large enough computations by `slacking' or waiting for some period of time before purchasing a computer and beginning the calculation.
The Electric Shoe Company - About the company and how they are converting walking energy into electrical power.
The Journal Of Irreproducible Results - The official organ of the Society for Basic Irreproducible Research. In its 44th year, the JIR presents satirical and critique articles emanating from and about the scientific and medical community.
The Laughster - Humor from the world of science to the world of non-science and beyond.
The Magic of A.I. - Entertaining tidbits from the realm of Artificial Intelligence.
The Math Humor Page - A large collection of math humor.
The Metric System Sucks! - The English system rules. Why you should never use those nasty meters, liters, and grams. We also have a handy-dandy conversion unit conversion utility.
The Non Abelian Names of God - A scientific paper parody which includes "The Theory Formerly Known as Strings","The Stages of a Theory" and a dictionary of common phrases.
The Official Ig Nobel Prizes 1999 - Live telecast of the 1999 Ig Nobel prizes. Requires Realplayer.
The Quantum Theory of Econodynamics - Imagine a cross between economics and thermodynamics...
The Schwa Corporation - A bit of the bizarre. A well done take off on science and space web sites.
The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams - "Education and Condescension" - Fighting ignorance since 1973 (it's taking longer than we thought), Cecil Adams takes questions from the teeming millions, spewing forth correctness week after week in his replies. He's never wrong, and he knows everything. He really does.
The Super G-String - A parody of modern string theories written in the form of a research paper.
The Weekly Puzzler - Not all of these are mathematical in nature, but many of them are.
Theological Thermodynamics - This document reproduces two classics of science parody/humor. The first applies the physics of thermodynamics to conclude that Heaven is hotter than Hell. The second is a response which combines Biblical evidence with thermodynamics to argue that, while heaven is devilishly hot, hell is hotter still.
Toons - Math-related cartoons.
Topology Cartoons - From the Topology Atlas.
UT-Chattanooga Collection of Physics Humor - Wide variety of physics jokes and humorous essays.
We Are Scientists, Inc.: the Flying Squirrel Projects - A slight mockery of the scientific method.
Whoops! Blunders and Mistakes of Science - A compilation of mistakes which are the result of misapplication or ignorance of science and engineering principles.
Why is the Mathematician So Messy? - Explain it if you can.
Wildlife Biology Jokes - Wildlife, biology, science, and environmental jokes and humor.
WWWF Grudge Match: Jacques Cousteau vs. Marlin Perkins - The two wildlife adventurists race against each other to be the first to discover Life on Mars.