Humor

This Press Release Says A University Will Maybe Some Day Do Something

This University of Copenhagen press release says that they would like to be first to create a quantum computer. They have made no more progress than anyone else, really, but want us all to know that they are thinking about it. We liked it so much we are ju ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 25 2008 - 9:56am

Please Help Scientists By Participating In National Orgasm Day July 31st

I'm taking a moment away from crafting "Journey To The Center Of The Uterus", my opus on reproduction and culture, to discuss something of equal import- namely, orgasms. It will shock you to know this, but nearly 50% of British women don ...

Article - Cash Simpson - Apr 25 2009 - 5:35pm

LHC Rap

An explanation in RAP format of what the Large Hadron Collider is all about. It's nested in the following Daily Telegraph article. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/08/26/scirap126.xml I enjoy it, hope y'all do too! ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Oct 22 2008 - 11:05pm

Music Video: Humor Only A Scientist Would Get

A nerdy R&B-esque science music video that's been stuck in my head since I watched it. I want to buy one right now. Scientists don't always take themselves too seriously. I also thought this perspective on the video, from a female scientist, ...

Blog Post - Matthew Brown - Oct 22 2008 - 10:59pm

Police Storm Scientific Blogging Offices For 'Feng Shui' Violations

The Science 2.0 headquarters in Folsom, California, was raided by police Wednesday after an apparent feng shui violation. Federal law prohibits the 'feng shui jam factor' from being under five out of ten on the electromagnetic spectrometer thingy ...

Blog Post - Audrey Amara - Aug 27 2011 - 6:40pm

How To Host A Mad Scientist Halloween Party

Scientists know how to have a good time. Just ask Yahoo Serious about when he played Young Einstein. That guy really knew how to par-tay! To see for yourself this Halloween, host your very own Mad Scientist Halloween Party. Check out these ideas to really ...

Article - Jen Palmares Meadows - Oct 31 2008 - 9:41am

Ton of Joy to the World- Pumpkin is the Way

Way is here to a ton of joy for our hearts and minds and bodies, folks. It is that time of the year. Let's visualize giant pumpkins... Two-thousand pounds of feast for the eyes and the stomachs. And 1900 pumpkin pies! Pumpkins are our joy For every gi ...

Blog Post - Hatice Cullingford - Oct 19 2008 - 2:16pm

Announcing: Scientificblogging Costume Contest

Send us pictures of your best Halloween Costume to win Official Scientificblogging stuff! Remember the Halloween when you pinned cinnamon buns over your ears because you were Princess Leia and the time you covered yourself in foil and said you were a bake ...

Blog Post - Jen Palmares Meadows - Oct 24 2008 - 9:33am

A dark and stormy night of regret

It was a dark and stormy night in the Black Hawk condo complex of Saint Lucifer, California. Okay, it wasn't storming, it was balmy; and it wasn't Black Hawk, it was Bahia Vista in San Rafael, California, not Saint Lucifer; and it wasn't qui ...

Blog Post - Diana Deregnier - Oct 23 2008 - 6:44pm

The Incredible Hulk- Totally Not Incredible

Last night, I watched "The Incredible Hulk," starring Ed Norton.  Although I had been disappointed in the 2003 film adaptation of "The Hulk,"  starring Eric Bana, I thought a Hulk movie would be good research for me, as I'm working ...

Blog Post - Jen Palmares Meadows - Oct 24 2008 - 7:12pm