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2008

Vote in the APS Cartoon Caption Contest

Vote in the APS Cartoon Caption Contest

"Dark Matter," music and lyrics by Jonny Berliner

Practical corollaries to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle

APS News Physics Caption Contest Rules

APS News Physics Caption Contest

SCI‑COPS to the rescue!

2007

The 2007 Ig Nobel Awards

The Joy of Teaching ... but first....

Warnings accompanying your inflatable universe

The case of the missing time

Learning the laws of physics the hard way

Footnotin' Frenzy

Water in Zero Gravity

The uncertainty of cat molecules

Caltech Physicists Successfully Split The Bill

2006

The 2006 Ig Nobel Prizes

Announcing the lucky winner of the physics crossword contest

Schroedinger's ghost writer

Find the hidden physicists!

Create your own physics crossword puzzle!

A Ridiculously Short History of Time

2005

Little known conversion factors, explained

2005 Ig Nobel prizes

Why gravity was not discovered in Tahiti.

The Second Law of Thermodynamics

2004 Pigasus Awards

Riordon's Lament

Einstein and Bohr get physical at the WYP gala (cartoon)

The Crackpot Index

Young Albert E. and the Miracle Year

2004

The 2004 Ig Nobel Prizes

Haiku contest winners.

"Belleville" mystery solved.

When Physicists Cook, Watch Out!

The Physics of High Heels

A Brief Encounter with a Facilities Manual

Physics in Seventeen Syllables

The Historical Discovery of New Element, Orodruinium

The Renormalization Tribute Shocks Conferees

The Sleep-Retardant Properties of My Ex- Girlfriend

A highly theoretical discussion of curve balls.

2003

The 2003 Ig Nobel Prizes

Woody Allen is strung out over the new physics.

Scientists Prove Kansas Flatter than a Pancake

Physics boot camp

Didja hear the one about.... celebrating the art of bad physics jokes

Putting Astronomical Budget Numbers in Perspective

Physics songs for the technically inclined

Top 10 (±2) Physics Pick-Up Lines (in randomized order)

2002

The 2002 Ig Nobel Prizes.

The Improbable Science Writer and the Art of Rejection.

Investigation Pokes Holes in Periodic Table.

Scientist splits atom, finds toy prize inside.

Variations on a Theme by Dirac

Hair-raising tabletop fusion ruckus rocks small Massachusetts town.

Mad Scientists Give Way to Mad Capitalists

The Story of Schroedinger's Cat (An Epic Poem)

Mad scientist's love song.

2001

2001 Ig Nobel Prizes

Secrets of Clichés Uncovered

Haggar physicists invent quantum slacks!

The APS Division Song

Rattle in Seattle Produces Earthquake Art.

A Fuga Really Big Numbers

A Cartoon by Paul Dlugokencky

Cartoon: "The Physics of Love"

2000

The 2000 Ig Nobel Prizes

Cartoon: Heisenberg and his Uncertainty Principle.

An Alternative Theory for Perpetual Motion

Physicists Didn't Touch Ground in Something-apolis

Fourth annual Pigasus awards.

Pop "Cosmo Quiz:" How successful is your physics department?

The Physicists' Bill of Rights

Physics Product Warnings

Quantum Baseball

1999

The 1999 Ig Nobel prizes.

A Conversation in Kansas

To Catch a Lion in the Sahara Desert.

How to tell if you're a physics major.

The Astronomer's Drinking Song

Good News for American Physicists

Our Favorite Net Myth

Winners of the Brain Teaser Limericks contest.

Love Boson Discovered on Valentine's Day

Article withdrawn at the request of the author.

1998

1998 Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded at Harvard

Computer Adages

Announcing the finalists in the contest to suggest physics slogans for tee-shirts, bumper stickers and coffee mugs

Brain Teaser Limerick Contest

Top Ten Star Trek Bloopers by Lawrence Klauss.

How to Give a Better Talk.

Useful Research Phrases

Why God never received a PhD

Recent Replies to Invitations to the APS Centennial

Darwin Award Winner

1997

Improbable Researchers Gather for 1997 Nobel Prize Ceremony

Our Future Scientists

If Dr. Seuss were a Technical Writer...