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When it's time to relax. Or if you're just curious as to whether there is anything humorous about physics. Regretably, the source of the really bad puns we tell is a secret known to few.

• DC Physics Humor
• About -- Physics Humor Page
• Netscpae -- Science Humor Page
• Science Jokes

It is well known that physics gladens the heart, puts a spring in your step, and a song on your lips.

• PhysicsSongs.org - A web site maintained at Haverford College by Walter Smith. A truly comprhensve listing of physics songs on the WEB including a few original compositions by Walter Smith, Marian McKenzie, and students at Haverford.
• Physics Pholk Songs - A collection of songs developed at Dickinson College by the Activity Based Physics Group.
• The Physics Song Book - One of the earliest collections of physics songs on the WEB. This site includes the classic, Homework Bound.
• Original Physics Songs - from the 2000 end of year Christmas Party at the Institute of Theoretical Physics.
• Les Horribles Cernettes - a High Energy Physics band from CERN.
• Science Song Center
• Iona Prep Physics Carols
• Iona Prep Physics Songs
• Astronomy Songs - at the University of Washington.

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News in Physics

• American Institute of Physics' Physics News Update
• American Physical Society's What's New Newsletter
• PhysicsWEB -- news stories from around the world. Maintained by the IoP.
• Science News -- the weekly science magazine.
• Nature science news
• Scientific Amertican News in Brief
• NY Times Science
• Science Daily -- an Internet online magazine.

Other articles and essays can be found at

• Physical Review Focus
• Nature Physics

General Resources

Some physics metasites and fun physics resources which include everything from employment to reference material to physics programs to study aids to ....

• 2005 is the World Year of Physics!
  
• The Net Advance of Physics
• Physics Internet Resources -- maintained by the American Physical Society
• PhysLINK -- news, reference, Ask the Experts, and reviews
• Physics Central Essays, news stories, and personality profiles maintained by the American Physical Society.
• Physics Net A WEB-based network of physics departments, documents and news maintained by the European Physical Society.
• ComPADRE A joint project AAPT, AAS, AIP, APS and SPS to develop a massive portal to educational resources and guides in physics and astronomy. Educational resources, tutorials, on-line communities, annodated web sites.
  
• Physics Picture of the Week A new picture from the world of particle physics.
• DC Physics
• The 'Virtual' ~ Physics Center also has course outlines and Java applets.
• Physics: an annodated list of key resources on the Internet -- developed by the Association of College and Research Libraries but slightly out of date (August 2005).
• PhysOrg.com

• Astronomy on the Web Dr. Burciaga maintains a list of interesting astronomical sites.
• Society for Amateur Scientists

• Yahoo! - Science:Physics
• Google - Science:Physics

Images and Physlets

• Interactive Physics - a collection of sites which offer physlets (Java applets) and other interactive demonstrations of physics concepts.
• Physics 2000 - another site devoted to physlets and QuickTime movies. This one includes some very modern concepts such as Bose-Einstein condensates, CAT and interference experiments.
• Semiconductor Applet Service - another site devoted to physlets devoted to condensed matter physics and engineering. Maintained by CAMP and the Department of Electrical Engineering at SUNY at Buffalo.
• Interactive Sites - from Physics Central. An annodated list of interesting java applets and other interactive applications.

• Visualization Lab - The Visual Computing lab at IBM Almaden Research Center.
• Physics News Graphics - the AIP Archive of Physics Images
• Exploratorium Images

Physics Teaching Resources

Some useful sites for physics teachers.

• PhysicsEd: Physics Education Resources. A robust general overview of most of the resources available can be found at the University of Washington.
• Teacher Resources -- Teaching resources maintained by Physics Central for the AAPT.
• Physics Education and Teaching Resources An annotated list of books, articles, and Web resources maintained by the Undergraduate Education Committee of the AAPT.
• Education and Outreach Programs - of the APS
  
  

Specialized Physics Resources

• NIST Physical Reference Data
• The Official String Theory Web Site
• IBM Research in Physics
• Physical Science Research at Bell Labs
  
  
• Symmetry -- Publication from SSLAc and Femi on high enrgy physics.
• Research Review Magazine --from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
• Cern Courier
• Science and Technology Review -- A publication from Lawrence Livermore National Labs.
  
  
• The Center for History of Physics - the site is maintained by the AIP as a resource for the history of modern physics and related fields.

Women in Physics and Beyond

• Feminist Physicist's Gateway to the Internet
• The Hypatia Institute
• Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
• 4000 Years of Women in Science
• Female Nobel Prize Laureates
  
  
• Data on Women and Minorities in Physics -- Reports from the AIP on current and historic trends of women in physics.
  
  
• Association for Women in Science
• Committee on the Status of Women in Physics -- APS
• Committee on the Status of Women -- in Astronomy from AAS.
• Women in Physics Group (IOP)

Physics and Research Organizations

• Society of Physics Students-The home page of the national organisation
• American Institute of Physics
• American Physical Society
• American Association of Physics Teachers

• National Society of Hispanic Physicists
• National Society of Black Physicists
• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science

• Institute of Physics
• European Physical Society

• NCUR-2006, The University of North Carolina at Asheville
• Council on Undergraduate Research

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Last updated 28 August 2006