Fun

Building landscape art from food

Watch this video of how Carl Warner creates landscape art from food. They are beautiful.

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Singing the Periodic Table

David Newman sings the periodic table.  Those who knows chemistry will appreciate this.

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Fun Math Videos by Mathemusician Vi Hart

The videos by Mathemusician Vi Hart on YouTube are fun to watch and educational too.

One of her videos was featured on NPR.  And she has a website at vihart.com

 

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National Geographic Memory Game

Try out the National Geographic’s Memory Game on their website. It tests your short-term memory by having you memory the location of 9 images in a grid.

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Science and Physics Jokes

Some science and physics jokes found on the internet and elsewhere are …

A joke that was found on the back cover of the book Absolute Zero Gravity goes like this …

“The astrophysicist’s dilemma: If the universe is really expanding, why can’t you find a parking place?”

Then there is the classic “Two Atom Walking Down the Road” joke that goes like …

One atom says to the other, “I think I’ve lost an electron.”
The other say, “are you sure?”
The first replies, “I’m positive” [source]

 

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Science and Physics Comedians

Brain Malow of sciencecomedian.com likes to tell science jokes.  He was seen on Fora.tv as part of Wonderfest 2009.  He’s on YouTube here, herehere, and on the Late Show with Craig Ferguson.

Another science comedian is Norm Goldbaltt as seen on fora.tv.

Tim Lee is a scientist who became a comedian and will actually sometimes use Powerpoint in his comedy as seen here and here.

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