One of the reasons I love teaching is because there are times when you'll never know what will occur to you mid-sentence, and then get incorporated into the lecture. No two lectures on the same ...

Discover the iPod Planck, the smallest iPod, and its links to quantum gravity effects and the Holographic Principle. clearly they are moving toward the "ipod Planck", which would be the smallest ipod ...

17 Light Bulb Jokes That Make You Sound Smart Einstein developed a theory about space. And, boy, it was about time, too! Don’t miss these other bad jokes you can’t help but laugh at. A photon checks ...

Three months ago I asked readers of Physics World to contribute samples of new physics jokes, fresh forms of physics wit, or cases of “found humour” in physics (see “So you think physics is funny?”).

If you only laugh at jokes, then you’re not taking them seriously enough. Jokes have functions. “I don’t suffer from insanity – I enjoy every minute of it!” (That’s releasing stress.) “Mixed emotions ...