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‘The Darker Side Of Science’: 50 Posts That Would Probably Win A Nobel Prize In Memes (New Pics)
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Science is deemed a very serious discipline that is quite incompatible with humor. And rightly so, as it requires composure and concentration to gather data, analyze, interpret, and test it so discoveries and innovations that we live with today can be made. However, sometimes it can be beneficial to combine the two, especially when learning about it so the information doesn’t go in one ear and out the other.
The Facebook group “The Darker Side Of Science” has mastered doing exactly so—blending fun and science. Bored Panda has gathered their best posts in the list below, which is full of “bad experiments, worse scientists, studies you wish to god you could unsee, and much, much more.” Scroll down to find them, and don’t forget to upvote the ones you found to be unexpectedly dark.
While you’re at it, make sure to check out a conversation with science comedian Brian Malow, who kindly agreed to tell us the secret to combining comedy with science.
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Khavrinen 1 year ago
When my Dad was in college he worked one summer in a forest fire lookout tower. When he practiced his clarinet every day, he'd spread out a handful of birdseed and nuts, and soon birds and chipmunks learned to come for food when they heard him practicing. That's right, my Dad was a Disney princess.
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SCamp 1 year ago
Welcome to Trump-MAGA land, the same loons that brought you such Darwin Award winning views as The 2020 election was a cheat, Yes you can inject detergent as an antiviral, The Moon Landing is fake, Jan 6 was a peaceful Love in, Nazis are OK, Dictators are OK, In Fact Russia is pretty Damn Good, Guns are Great, and Extreme Right Wing Christianity is Great, and Did I say Nazis are Great? Oh, and the Government Controls the Weather, don’t forget that
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Justin Tyme 1 year ago
Movable-type printing presses were already in use in China for at least 500 years before Gutenberg was born.
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Chicken Nugget 1 year ago
And they save money too, if you've got a recently deceased relative! Or if you live close to a graveyard and have a shovel!
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Child of the Stars 1 year ago
The same thing happened with Y2K. It never became the problem it could've been because people listened to the computer geeks and took precautions. Amazing what DOESN'T happen when you listen to the smart, educated people.
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Lost Panda 1 year ago
I have seen this a few times, the movie a lot more... I JUST got this joke...
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Lost Panda 1 year ago
So that's what those are! I used to pick those leaves off as kids and poke my brother with them.
Ryan Mercer 1 year ago
No, but I just read what you said in David Attenborough's voice.
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UKGrandad 1 year ago (edited)
"Scientists recently discovered that holly trees adjust their spiky armour in response to hungry animals and changing environments. They can produce some prickly leaves to fend off nibblers while others remain smooth. This leafy transformation happens through epigenetic modification. This is a fascinating way that organisms adjust their gene expression without actually changing their DNA. So although the DNA of all holly trees is the same, they can switch off or on different traits to adapt to their environment." https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/holly/
Joanne Mendonza-Earle 1 year ago
Not true of the hollies in my yard. I have a massive tree that the deer can't even reach and all the leaves are sharp and pointed.
Pirate Luxe 1 year ago
The stunning part is if the holly realizes it's being nibbled... Cognitive reaction?
Space Invader 1 year ago
So anyone who puts up a spiky holly wreath for christmas will know it's already been nibbled on...
Maren Villadsen 1 year ago (edited)
Not true! Old trees have smooth leaves. If cut down the new growth will have spiky leaves. https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/holly/
martin734 1 year ago
Oh it does. if anyone tries to nibble on me without permission I will definitely become very prickly.
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Shannon Donnelly 1 year ago
It seems like deer, at least the ones in my neighborhood, can eat just about anything and continue to thrive
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
It really is the best technology we have. The trick is to lock up the carbon in the form of biomass. You grow the trees. You harvest the trees. You lock up the wood in a form where it's not going to return to the environment as CO2 again. Maybe as buildings and housing.
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Auntriarch 1 year ago
Zoom back tens of thousands of years: this stew tastes nice but the hooves are sticking my teeth together 💡
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Janissary35680 1 year ago
"Don't bite my head off, mister." Mutters under breath, "She'll do it."
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Aidan Campbell 1 year ago
"Rimmer, there's nothing out there, you know. There's nobody out there. No alien monsters, no Zargon warships, no beautiful blondes with beehive hairdos who say, "Show me some more of this Earth thing called kissing." There's just you, me, the Cat, and a lot of floating smegging rocks. That's it. Finito."
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Pandemonium 1 year ago
Similarly in Geology erosion just leads to deposition so subtraction is addition
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Donkey boi 1 year ago
That would suggest that when some people vanished, their gut biomes remained...
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Jeremy James 1 year ago
"Geology is simply physics slowed down with a few trees stuck on it." --Sir Terry Pratchett
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Tiger 1 year ago
And what’s with this new “premium” BS? I have enough companies with hands in my pockets lol, I’m not paying for YET ANOTHER thing.
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Surly Scot 1 year ago
I have questions about the whale that Google isn't giving me answers for. Help, anyone?
Tiger 1 year ago
The whale in the Amazon? Here’s a good article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/science/humpback-whales-amazon.html
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Tiger 1 year ago
And what’s with this new “premium” BS? I have enough companies with hands in my pockets lol, I’m not paying for YET ANOTHER thing.
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I have questions about the whale that Google isn't giving me answers for. Help, anyone?
Tiger 1 year ago
The whale in the Amazon? Here’s a good article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/science/humpback-whales-amazon.html
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