The possibly true story of the many possible ways of determining the height of a building using only a barometer.

Physicists at Cornel-Putnam University (CPU) confirmed yesterday the Holy Grail of Physics, the Grand Unified Theory, is contained in the Half-Life 2 source code.

A rift in the space-time continuum was created when overclocker Jamie Aperman ran a 750 MHz Coppermine Pentium III at 1.6 GHz. It appears that the CPU was operating so fast that it began to execute instructions before they arrived.

Stick a buttered piece of bread on the back of a cat, then throw the cat out a window. The result may surprise you.

May be the most linked-to physics humor site on the web because of its very large link collection.

A story of interviews between these men and God, intended to determine if they should enter Heaven.

Squirrels are known to hate mankind. First they got the midgets, now they eat the physicists.

A HP 5071A Cesium Beam Primary Frequency Reference can in fact be used as a wrist watch. You have a choice of stainless steel or adjustable nylon band.

A poem by Stanislaw Lem

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