What better way to celebrate April Fools’ Day than with science jokes? The Scientist turned to its readers and editors for their favorite science quips and one-liners. Enjoy a collection packed with ...

Explaining the passage of time has been a gnarly problem in physics basically forever, but physicist and computer scientist ...

Calling all class clowns! These school jokes will have everyone in stitches.

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A team of Italian engineering students built the world’s largest paper airplane, earning a Guinness World Record with a 65.75 ...

A research scientist at Lockheed, he came up with the idea for a computer system that would search scientific and technical ...

In 1982, Carnegie Mellon computer scientist Scott Fahlman introduced the simple keyboard characters ":-)" and ":-(" to distinguish jokes from serious comments on electronic bulletin boards. This ...

When Nigel Farage stands before constituents at the Claction by-election, he'll be facing off against Count Binface and ...

Turns out, some people may not get enough credit when it comes to their silly, G-rated jokes. There’s surprisingly complex science behind the humor of one of the corniest, pun-ishing and most ...

Kelly Ripa told her husband, Mark Consuelos, 'I don't want to alarm you,' after sharing she is the ideal candidate for a new ...

In Heinlein’s tale, Mike was a companion, co-conspirator, and catalyst, a friend who could make us laugh even as he plotted ...

You might assume that pigeons keep their eyes still as they fly. New research, however, shows that pigeons engage in slow, ...