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Sites in this category contain jokes, essays, songs, students' test answers and other humorous content pertaining to science, math, engineering and statistics.

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Resources in This Category

• Ask Dr. Science

  http://www.drscience.com/
  America's foremost authoritarian on the world around us. Or at least the world around him.

• Best of RHF: Computer, Science and Math Jokes

  http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/computer.html
  A selection from the rec.humor.funny newsgroup.

• Blunders and Mistakes of Science

  http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/whoops.htm
  A compilation of mistakes which are the result of misapplication or ignorance of science and engineering principles.

• Causal or Casual?

  http://www.dyer-consequences.com/strep.html
  The relationship between strep throat and Italian restaurant food.

• Flaxon Alternative Interface Technologies

  http://www.sonic.net/~dfx/fait/
  Home and underground research and development facility of the Evil Doctor Flaxon, located in the heart of the Nevada nuclear test site.

• Good Science Jokes

  http://www.jupiterscientific.org/sciinfo/sciencejokes.html
  Scientific humor, jokes, and cartoons organized by topic.

• Improbable Research

  http://www.improbable.com/
  International science humor magazine 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.

• OmniResearch, Inc.

  http://igoresha.virtualave.net/OmniResearch/
  The Journal of Omniresearch Online publishes original humorous research articles in a broad range of scientific topics. [Contains fictitious information.]

• Reality Carnival

  http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/pc/realitycarnival.html
  A news site that explores the edges of science: altered realities, near-death experiences, unsolved mysteries, exotic sushi, parallel universes, religion and science, weird and fun, sex, beauty and brains, fantastic memes. Edited by science writer Dr. Cliff Pickover.

• Science Humor Webring

  http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/scihum/webring.html
  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)

  http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/scijokes/
  Collection of mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, geology and university humor. It also includes humorous quotes, rhymes, mnemonics and anecdotes about scientists

• Scientific AmeriKen

  http://www.scientificameriken.com/
  Delves into many scientific disciplines to come up with some unusual insights and experiments.

• Scientific Quotes Gathered on the Net

  http://www.gdargaud.net/Humor/QuotesScience.html
  Miscellaneous quotes, including: what in the world is electricity, and where does it go after it leaves the toaster?

• ScientificGospel.com

  http://www.scientificgospel.com/
  Prompted by a letter from Dr. Eugenie Scott in Science News noting that the creationists have all the good songs, Dr. Stephen Baird decided to address the long neglected problem of scientific gospel. Includes music, quotes, and merchandise.

• Sciography

  http://www.sciography.com/
  A humorous look at influential scientists throughout history.

• Sketchbook

  http://sss.comicgenesis.com/
  Webcomic about science and the situations that occur when it all goes wrong.

• Society for Scientific Exploitation

  http://members.tripod.com/~ssehome/
  Promoting the belief in exotic, aberrant, or supernatural explanations for ostensibly anomalous or paranormal phenomena.

• South Pacific Institute of Nolledge

  http://www.nolledge.com/
  Te Ngstitute Pikamanaga O Pasifika. A satirical look at modern corporate research institutes: nolledge, boffins, sustainable managers, ambush marketing, and electron retrospectroscopy.

• Stop the Spin

  http://stopthespin.org/
  Satirical organization dedicated to stopping global warming by stopping the spin of the earth.

• Strange But Untrue Science

  http://strangebutuntrue.tripod.com/science/main.htm
  Explore the three key areas of Science (Phydlstics, Pharmacy and Squidgy Things) with a mad scientist.

• The Journal of Irreproducible Results

  http://www.jir.com/
  Bimonthly science humor magazine published since 1955. Sample articles, subscription and contact information, and the magazine's history.

• The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams

  http://www.straightdope.com/
  "Education and Condescension" - Fighting ignorance since 1973, Cecil Adams takes questions from the teeming millions, spewing forth correctness week after week in his replies.

• Why Is The Sky Blue

  http://www.why-is-the-sky-blue.tv/
  Features funny scientific misinformation and silliness.

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