This Online Page Explores “The Darker Side Of Science”, And Here Are 40 Of Their Funniest Posts (New Pics)
I think we can all agree that science is a good thing.
Science has led to virtually all of human progress (the remaining part probably being sheer accident) and we’re better off now. And if you don’t think so, then please give back the phone you’re likely scrolling this page on and go back to the dark ages.
Speaking of dark, there’s a Facebook group called The Darker Side Of Science that’s all about science memes of varying degrees of laughtitude. Yes... that’s a metric [looks nonchalant].
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So, The Darker Side Of Science is a Facebook group that’s actually a part of IFLScience, a UK-based science news website. And that is a part of the LabX Media Group.
Anywho, besides news, the group features memes and posts that are in some shape or form related to science, leaving everyone having learned something in the end.
The history of why Pluto became a planet and Ceres didn't is quite interesting. It's mostly because Pluto was originally calculated to be much bigger. And Ceres was originally calculated to be much smaller. Make Ceres a planet, I say.
The group currently boasts around 787,500 members.
It also boasts smart, witty, and clever memes in conjunction with any manifestation of the concept of funny. And you’d be surprised just how effective learning is through fun content. But more on that a bit later.
For example, the meme that took me a while to understand is the one that needed to be done, according to the caption. And the meme features a direct and detailed comparison between apples and oranges. You’re welcome.
But there are memes that are less taxing on the brain, like the different physical states of cats, what the perfect angle looks like, the likelihood of dinosaurs having hair.
A wild crow in Finland enlisted itself to a dog school. Memorized the schedule, perfect attendance, learned the tricks. Also learned how to open the teacher's backpack and stole the treats. There's even a news story about it.
So, what was that bit about learning being fun? American English points out that making learning fun gives students meaningful opportunities to apply their newly-acquired knowledge all the while lowering what’s called the affective filter.
The affective filter is essentially an attitude (or a set of them) that affects the success of second language learning in people.
Oooor going in a glass container with soil and some plants and be fed and admired
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I can't wait to show this to my wife and ask "can we get whatever animal has these fuzzy little paws"? Lol
Mean. But I support it... because I'm mean, too.
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If Darwin had a microscope, spidies would now be pets. No, just kidding, they're killing machines...just...like...cats 🙂
The redback I killed today definitely wouldn't have had cute paws surely?
See... if we had started with that instead of the 8 legs, crazy eyes, move stupid fast and startle not to mention venomous biting...
... my life is ruined I now have to improve my spider I made in Canva :(
Of only their fur was longer. It would make them way more petable. I don't hate spiders but more fur would definitely get me on their side.
Make 'em look as cute as you want but still it's gonna be a hard pass for me dawg. lol
Thought this was common knowledge but cartoons are different nowadays, every spider had shoes on to protect their cute paws. Just like cats they have those murder mittens except theirs don't retract
Anyway, when using learning activities that are engaging and fun, students often become more willing to participate in them and take risks. By introducing the element of fun, the human mind has an easier job at retaining information because of how enjoyable the process is.
American English also provides examples of fun activities to try out: listening tasks can become more fun if they are turned into a team-based game show; speaking tasks can be turned into a twenty questions type of game; reading can be a relay race of reading a set length of text; and writing can become a game where students pick out writing prompts from grab bags. That definitely beats sitting down and listening, though.
When you see a rabbit skeleton and an actual rabbit, you realise our imagination of the dinosaurs could be very, very wrong! 😂
And you can honestly do that with any discipline. All you need is to adapt the games to the types of skills you’re teaching and you’re set.
In terms of science—any science discipline, really—one of the more popular ways of engaging folks to learn are field trips. Heck, even going out to the playground or garden can teach kids about our world. You know, slugs, photosynthesis, the need for recycling and pollution, that sort of thing.
But, ultimately, you don’t really need to go anywhere to make learning fun. Running lab experiments is just as exciting—capillary action, amplifying smartphones, the candle in a water glass trick, crystallizing rock candy, apple slice oxidation, building a solar oven, layer liquids are just some of many options out there to try out.
But if you can’t be bothered with any of that, there’s always the good ol’ internet. Sure, hands on stuff is fun, but scrolling through science-based memes can also be beneficial. I still can’t shake off how much I needed to think about the apples and oranges comparison—they are not that different when you think about it. Hey, today I learned, right?
Today my physics teacher called him jobless because he did a lot of science
If you enjoyed this listicle, there’s more to enjoy. On the Facebook group, of course.
But before you do that, why not get engaged with the content: leave a comment here, hit that upvote button there, you know, the usual stuff.
The turtle frog of Australia is equally weird. It lives underground and has no tadpoles, the eggs give birth to small adult frogs. It is frequently mistaken for a baby turtle.
Neoteny is the retention of juvenile features in the adult animal. Humans are a perfect example.
It's edible. The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas is a 1948 Thor Heyerdahl lived largely on flying fish that landed on the raft.
Only the outer surface is true rock. Just underneath is more like very hot custard.
Note: this post originally had 43 images. It’s been shortened to the top 40 images based on user votes.
The shortened it from 43 to 40, like WHY bother??
Load More Replies... Does anyone else get video ads on the app when they're scrolling through or try to read a post?! What the hell has happened to Bored Panda?! They either show me video ads or ada that are disguised as posts to fool you into buying something. Did Elon Musk buy Bored panda or something? It's all about the ads and money now. Ew.
No issue with most of the ads for me. They gotta eat. But the ads to quality ratio is way down.
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One thing I often think about is how humans are pretty hopeless in some ways. For one thing, it takes us a quarter or more of an average lifetime just to get to the point where we can take care of ourselves. The other one is the fact that humans spend approximately 20 years getting to our peak physical condition, strength etc, stay there for at best, 10 years and then spend the entire remainder of our lifetimes deteriorating/dying. In other words if someone lives to be 110, they spent 80 of those years getting progressively weaker, slower and just generally deteriorating and dying. What a useless bunch.
University math instructor here. That math prof one was cold but accurate
The shortened it from 43 to 40, like WHY bother??
Load More Replies... Does anyone else get video ads on the app when they're scrolling through or try to read a post?! What the hell has happened to Bored Panda?! They either show me video ads or ada that are disguised as posts to fool you into buying something. Did Elon Musk buy Bored panda or something? It's all about the ads and money now. Ew.
No issue with most of the ads for me. They gotta eat. But the ads to quality ratio is way down.
Load More Replies... One thing I often think about is how humans are pretty hopeless in some ways. For one thing, it takes us a quarter or more of an average lifetime just to get to the point where we can take care of ourselves. The other one is the fact that humans spend approximately 20 years getting to our peak physical condition, strength etc, stay there for at best, 10 years and then spend the entire remainder of our lifetimes deteriorating/dying. In other words if someone lives to be 110, they spent 80 of those years getting progressively weaker, slower and just generally deteriorating and dying. What a useless bunch.
University math instructor here. That math prof one was cold but accurate
