Physics Humor

UNT Physicist found dead in apartment (North Texas Daily)

19 Jul 2008

Daniel Henry, UNT Physics doctoral student and astronomy lecturer, was found dead Thursday night in his Denton apartment. Henry was 27 years old. Troy Taylor of the Denton County Medical Examiner's office said that Henry was found at 10:42 p.m., but the actual time of death was undetermined.

Culture Quest: Help bored kids escape summer doldrums (Miami Herald)

18 Jul 2008

It would be so easy to pass the summer quickly by dropping your kids off at the mall each day, or letting them devolve into mindless lumps of goo in front of a video game console.

'Wall-E's' world may not be so far away (Los Angeles Times)

18 Jul 2008

Robots serving humans are the coming wave. And the West will have to decide their place in society. The mobile trash compactor is a symphony of squeaks, thunks and rattles, rolling forward on treads to bring its pivoting eyes to bear on us. Within moments we identify completely, launching "Wall-E," one of the rare films to feature robots as the lead characters.