If you’re a fan of Bill Nye the Science Guy and spent your weekends making volcano experiments as a child, chances are you still have a love for all things scientific. But even if you snored through all of your biology, chemistry and physics classes in school and need some convincing that science can actually be fun, we've got the perfect list to persuade you!
We took a trip to the Science Memes subreddit and gathered some of our favorite, hilarious pics down below. Keep reading to also find conversations with Jill ChaCha of Well... That's Interesting, and Greg Wah and Dan Beeston of Smart Enough to Know Better, and be sure to upvote the pics that tickle your brain and your funny bone!
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Driving A Sugar Cube
The owner set up a joke he knows that probably 1% of people will get, but he gets it and he's happy with that.
I mean... technically a the sugar in a sugar cube is sucrose (C12H22O11) but I guess that's too long for most country's number plates.
The plate GRAPHEN (short for "graphene") could imply the car is simultaneously 5 times lighter than aluminum, 200 times stronger than steel, and has windows clearer than conventional glass.
Nature Abhors A Vacuum
Now I'm picturing a scared Roomba sweeping along a dark ally, trying to clean but also just trying to find home...
Oh no. Why am I now feeling sad for a vacuum?! Someone give the story a happy ending!
Load More Replies...Does nature really abhor vacuums? I mean most of the known universe is made up of empty space, right? And since space is expanding it seems like nature really kind of like vast voids of emptiness. Anyone?
Nature is self-loathing. This is why scientists believe it will end in the Great Contraction, despite there being only a tiny fraction of the amount of matter necessary for this to happen.
Load More Replies...That must be why the Egyptians worshipped cats, the saw how cats abhor a vacuum and realized that cats are the manifestation of nature itself.
Sarah Mclachlan will soon be singing a sad song to go with horribly sad videos of roombas that need saving. Your 19 dollars a month will show you care.
That was so beautifully played, I'm suspicious it was a set up. But I don't care.
Heck, I would be its natural predator too if it ran over a pile of dog barf and scattered it across my house while I was gone...
Marine Philosophy
And dolphins are very close to humans on the intelligence spectrum..... so....
Load More Replies...Oh no.. Dolphins may not be 'evil' (because 'what is evil' is a whole other discussion) - but they are trolling, mean, rapey mofos. Ever seen them play 'dolphin volleyball' with small prey... like... a tiny porpoise? Yes, as in they will stab it with their FACES then toss it HIIIGH in the air, passing it to each other until it's dead... then they leave it on the shore (you know, broken 'toy').
I want to love dolphins. I want to go back to the days when I lived in dolphin-loving ignorant bliss. Now I know better though. Dolphins are just a bunch of a-hole frat boys; swimming around the ocean, getting high, date raping, and bullying other aquatic life while shouting "NERDS! NERDS! NERDS!" They've even been know to try to rape humans. I don't know... maybe there are some that choose to be better and are given a bad name by the others. I hope so!
I once witnessed a dolphin funeral near Catalina Island off the Coast of California. The (I assume,) Mama was keeping her calf afloat with her snout while the other dolphins guarded her in a circle formation from a distance.
The Science Memes subreddit has been around since April 2012, and it has managed to become one of the largest communities on the entire site. It has 1.2 million members and only a few simple rules that keep the community active and engaged.
And while you might not think science and memes naturally go hand and hand, they’re actually a perfect pair! Intelligence is a great tool to utilize with humor, and there’s no question that scientists are smart. Sarah Wong at PNNL even wrote an article titled ‘Who Says Scientists Can’t Be Funny?’ where she discusses how useful humor can be in the field of science. First, Wong explains that giving presentations and explaining concepts and findings can easily become dull if scientists’ speeches are too dry. But utilizing jokes and word play can help them connect with audiences and be better understood.
“Scientific humor on social media can be a strategic way to communicate science,” Sara Yeo, science comedy expert, told PNNL. “People are more willing to engage with content they find funny. It can open the door for a scientist to have a deeper conversation about their research.”
Australians
In Australia we have to be this way, everything else is always trying to eat us, sting us, bite us, poison us
"Give me a book of harmless animals in Australia" (rustling noise) "...its just one sheet and says 'some of the sheep'. How strange."
Load More Replies...Hang on, I’m Australian and this is the first I’ve heard of this. WTF have I been eating???
"George, i ate the fish again." 'Again? I've told you dozen times, not the one that's unknown to science!' "But George, it was an accident. Again."
How do you accidentally eat something? They ate it, you wish they wouldn't, but you didn't even know about it yet. So is this scientists doing retroactive dibs on lunch?
So apparently it's a fish that gets sold to fish markets alongside similar fish, nobody realised it was a variation except for one scientist.
Load More Replies...https://www.iflscience.com/australians-have-accidentally-been-eating-a-fish-unknown-to-science-54059
I thought it was 'Fish have accidentally been eating Australians unknown to science.' I guess it varies from region to region.
Armageddon
Looking forward to that last one. It should be coming soon.
Nahh I can't even remember how many times the world already was supposed to end at this point in my life, according to this or that person, religion, etc. The first time I remember clearly was 2000 when computers were supposed to black out the whole world, etc, etc. And then it never happens. I'd wager if apokalypse does happen it woukd be sudden and unforseeable.
Load More Replies...If we were that close to the sun our planet would no longer be round. But it wouldn't be flat either.😇
Does anyone else end up reading the commercials between the posts, wondering whats so funny about it?
Poor Scientists
A lot of people seem to do this, focusing on one single part of what is said or done instead of what the outcome is and how it all works together. Take anti-vaxxers, for example.
And flat earthers if you want an extreme example.
Load More Replies...I feel like this could be said for literally anything nowadays tho. Like literally. Anything.
Scientists: "it could be that reality isn't what we think it is." News: "'Reality isn't what... it is,' claim scientists"
Wish I could upvote this more than once. People get mad at the scientists, who are so great at being specific about their studies' results and limitations, when their frustration should be directed at the oversimplifying and often misleading journalists who cover the studies (although to be fair, it's probably more likely the editors demanding the clickbait headlines).
{xigh} Poor guy....no self self-eteem at all.....cheer up. Remember how you saved the world by discovering that health is based on balancing the four humors.
To learn more about how to incorporate humor into science, we reached out to science lover Jill ChaCha, who hosts the Well… That’s Interesting podcast. Jill describes her show as “a weekly comedy sciencey show for people who like learning about weird sh*t,” and lucky for us, she was kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda about how it began in the first place. “I created WTI because it’s the kind of show I thought was missing in the podcasting industry: deep dives into scientific discoveries that tell how they came about, using humor and storytelling to make it approachable and memorable,” the host shared.
When it comes to what Jill loves most about creating WTI, she told Bored Panda, “You’ll never know what you’re going to find when doing research for an episode topic: everything from the flat out gross to inspirational. After writing, editing and recording and then finally sharing it with the audience—hearing their responses is a huge joy for me.”
Very Pretty
According to scientific evidence, rainbows turn you gay too. Depending on who you ask. /s
Which is weird because, according to the Bible, God put it there in the first place
Load More Replies...Side note I seen a rainbow at its end spot. I thought that was impossible.
I've never understood the purpose of the reaction panel (in this case, the bottom image) in items like this one. Is it intended to be a "/jk" marker for people who don't get it? It certainly doesn't add anything to the humor.
"managed to successfully" is certainly better than "managed to unsuccessfully". Many writers these days appear to be employed by the Department of Redundancy Department.
Posted On Curly Girl Sub
The curls on each side resemble the different models (RNA & DNA).
Load More Replies...Huh…they have a sub for CURLY girls? As someone with naturally curly hair, I find this…odd
"Rule 34. If it exists, there is porn of it." Regardless of your looks 0r personality there always will be men, women, and dolphins who will privately think warm thoughts about you. Vanity is for the misinformed. Desire is in the loins of the beholder. You can be flattered or disappointed.
Load More Replies...Rna: " I think I've got this life thing sussed, I'll rule this planet uncontested" Dna: "And I took that personally."
Very Awkward
I'm not seeing any cosmic elephants or space turtles.I suspect this may be inaccurate.
It's a common misconception. Actially they are hidden by the angle of the earth. They are surprisingly small given the weight they're carrying. Also it's both cosmic elephants AND space turtles. They relieve one another for meals and bathroom breaks. You sometimes known a shift has happened because sometimes they fumble the exchange and an earthquae happens. Seriously, the modern education systems are sorely lacking. m
Load More Replies...I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again….if Earth WAS flat, wouldn’t the edge be a huge tourist attraction?
Certainly for TicTok people. Hundreds would perish each falling off the edge trying for "that" selfie, lol.
Load More Replies...See, we knew Earth was flat! All the other pictures were faked! (/jk)
This is also fake. Everybody knows that the earth is a round disc and not a square
Load More Replies...Yeah, I don't know man, every Jupiterian I have ever met is a total creep. Every one you meet denies Jupiter's responsibility for flattening our planet. Every time I bring it up, they roll their eyes, laugh, and ask, "What moon are you off of?"
We were also curious how Jill decides which topics to discuss on her show. “There are a number of fantastic journals and websites I scroll through,” she shared. “The [topics] that stand out and make it onto the show are usually on the bizarre side, something that makes you say ‘how?!!’ And ‘what?!?’ Like black holes that are ejected from galaxies or parasites that end up in human spines,” the host explained, adding that she uses a number of sources for research including primary sources (case studies) and secondary sources such as the NYTimes, IFL Science, Scientific American.
As far as Jill’s favorite topics to discuss, she says it’s hard to pick just one. “Recently, deep space discoveries have been mind blowing, along with the latest in eDNA,” she noted. “One of my favorite feel-good stories involves researchers finding out a particular turtle isn’t extinct thanks to finding their eDNA—they were just really good at avoiding humans.”
Fungi Appreciation
Specifically arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the soil. OMG while I was typing this on my back porch, a frog just came up and hopped on my foot. Oh, there he goes!
They are also one of the best pizza toppings as long as you choose the non-poisonous ones.
Ermmmm. No, plants are the foundation. They're the ones who create life out of non-living material. Fungi just recycle the non-living material back into something living again.
Totally!
Yeeah.. heard that more than a few anti-vaxxers became very suddenly non anti-vaxxers when they realized they were actually dying - then demanded the vaccine... (showing they have .. NO CLUE how vaccines work, even on the most general level) and refused to listen to the HCPs when they said "It won't do anything for you NOW...I'm sorry".
That's a pretty awful thing to say - you'll be surprise how many people around the world opted out ( me bring from Japan) and we are still alive, well, happy and healthy - you should not wish death on anyone...
Nobody is wishing death on anyone here. It just a joke on those who refused the vaccine on pure conspiracy theories, then....oh, wait, maybe I'll just try it now that I'm sick.
Load More Replies...I think we need to run it through a couple more times, covid is not as effective as they were saying
No One Is Talking About The Conspiracy Theory That The Moon Is Actually A Helium Filled Seal
Oh, don't tell me you're another one of those sheeple who believe it's a rock. It's very clearly our seal God.
Oh. My. God. You people actually believe there's a moon? Sheesh! 🙄
Load More Replies...I did hear a weird big bearded dude claim it was a glass bauble made by giant Nephilim, by digging out and melting stone from the grand canyon, and filled with helium and put up there to mock us. And he still believed we were the crazies
I've seen the rabbit in the moon and can't unsee. Also, "Rabbit in the Moon," is definitely worth a listen. You can find their stuff on YouTube.
Load More Replies...The first rule of Great Seal worship is that you don't talk about Great Seal worship.
Finally, Jill wants to reassure all of you pandas that science is truly for everyone. “It’s not only fascinating, but it’s damn funny and makes for great conversation,” she added. “As an introvert, it’s great to have stories in my back pocket to use. I mean who doesn’t want to hear about the time it rained for 2 million years on Earth and what happened? (Spoiler: it led to the rise of dinosaurs.”
If you’d like to learn some fascinating science facts from Jill, be sure to listen to Well… That’s Interesting anywhere you listen to podcasts!
Classic Anti-Vax Arguments
The plague didn't disappear at all. It was still there, killing thousands of people every year, sometimes wiping out entire towns (in the 18th century, half of the city of Marseille died that way for example), for literally centuries until we generalised the use of antibiotics in the 20th century. Today, it's still there, but we know how to stop its spread so it doesn't spread anymore.
But plague doctors disappeared, and that is a tragedy if you ask me.
Load More Replies...There are also little known outbreaks that have been occurring in the USA since 1900, the last outbreak was in Los Angeles 1924-1925. The plauge is still VERY active!
Imagine what the earth's population would be now if all those people had lived and had children generation after generation.
Plague hit in three waves from the 1300s to the 1900s and killed millions... and it is still in the environement.
And the second wave lasted from the 1400s to the 1900s. So it's not like it disappeared between short waves and more like it was always there and suddenly got even worse somewhere else three times in a row.
Load More Replies...I just started work at an assisted living facility. I had to be tested for TB! Then in orientation they showed me procedures for dealing with TB contamination. I was surprised.
Tuberculosis? Yeah, a patient just refused containment and was thusly arrested
Load More Replies...Imperial And Metric System
Empty space then BOOM! An Imperial Star Destroyer drops out of hyperspace, its alarm blaring and fighters deploying.
Load More Replies...The Republic’s Jedi Star Cruisers were better imo. The Empire should have kept them
Load More Replies...With audible explosions & combat craft that manoeuvre in space like aerodynamic fighter jets.
I remember in the 70s when the US tried to switch to metric. I think I was in fourth or fifth grade (primary school). I can use metric now but I have to convert it first to imperial to actually visualize it. Weird, right?
George Washington actually pushed for the new French measurement scale, but congress would have had to approve it. They turned it down because the US traded with England and they weren't using the metric system at the time. In the 70's the house and the Senate approved the use of the metric system but it wasn't mandatory.
Load More Replies...Oh, the US Space Program is famous for accidents that involve metric vs. imperial
https://www.wired.com/2010/11/1110mars-climate-observer-report/
Load More Replies...Do They Use It Still?
Me, and either my hand is weird or this is simply not a universally applicable tool. I’m hoping the former.
Load More Replies...HOLY GUACAMOLE!!!!!!! MIND BLOWN!!!! see you later, have to stare at my geometric hands for a while and yes, that's the correct expression! and maybe draw some triangles, just for fun... ha, and younger me thought I'd never use that stuff again!
have to upvote my own comment of course...with a 45 angle
Load More Replies...what if your me and your fingers dont be bendin right IMG_202306...356862.jpg
my ehlers-danlos syndrome makes mine all f****d up. do you have some kind of muscle thing?
Load More Replies...Ahh... wish I was taught this except... erm... some of us had pretty messed up hands...
What's the trick here exactly? Just the 5 angle values? The angles as drawn aren't very accurate even.
We were lucky enough to get in touch with two more science and comedy enthusiasts to get their thoughts on this topic as well. Greg Wah and Dan Beeston, hosts of the podcast Smart Enough to Know Better, “a podcast of science, comedy and ignorance,” were kind enough to have a chat with us about how their show came to be.
“I’ve always been interested in science, but I understand how dry it can be. I find comedy is a great bridging mechanic to draw people in. If you get them to associate laughing with learning you’re on the right track,” Greg shared.
“And I was good at comedy, so at least I could provide one part of the solution,” Dan added.
Agree Or Disagree?
YES! What's more, if anyone says "follow the science" without waiting several years to a few decades for the scientific process to be done, they're lying politicians. Science is a slow, deliberative process. Politicians seeking answers destroys the process.
Science is a philosophy (the art of thinking) that employs specific methods (the testable, transparent and repeatable scientific method) to acquire a body of knowledge in a peer reviewed subject area. Obviously, methods vary according to the area under study, i.e., field work is not microbiology is not astrophysics. Business and governments have influence through grant funding (sometimes referred to as Big Science with a capital S) and much research so directed becomes the Science of power and patronage. Ironically, the scientific method is employed to study politics as well as business processes. So there is always mutual scrutiny and interaction among these three human endeavors.
Religion has been suppressing science all over the world for centuries.
Load More Replies...Not quite, the influence could be as to whether something works with the outcome unaffected by business or politics, but the experiment otherwise nonexistent
In this case, business and politics are intrinsic to science, not external factors.
Load More Replies...I Hate Flu Season
All viruses but don't make the mistake to compare a coronavirus to the flu, the flues pattern to mutate is very different. Our immune system is way better to adapt to coronaviruses, to the point that covid ends up as nothing but an ordinary cold and already did to most people who had it once or twice. This will not happen with the flu, while you can get some resistance against it the flu always poses a serious risk to somebody who gets it and it takes weeks or months to recover.
Load More Replies...Hahahah this is how I explained the Flu Virus and vaccine to someone the other day - and said that with COVID we're trying to get to that point, except that COVID is still showing up as different cousins every time instead of the same dude in cosplay.
And a healthy immune system says "wait, I think I recognize that nose".
And I have a newly diagnosed immune system that is too busy attacking me that it let's all the viruses and bacteria do as they please. I'm the threat, lol.
Load More Replies...Is it sad that I recognize a couple of these? Like, Ted Kaczynski’s mugshot…
When it comes to what these hosts love most about creating Smart Enough, Greg told Bored Panda, “My favorite part is being surprised at what comes out of Dan’s mouth. My second favorite part is being surprised at what comes out of mine.”
“I love helping introverted scientists out of their shells and making them realize how much they love talking about what they’re passionate about,” Dan chimed in. “If they’re passionately talking about a subject, suddenly everyone else listening gets passionate about it too.”
Share Your Interesting Science Lectures
haha I still remember when my teacher did this back in 7th grade, everyone laughed their asses off.
While talking about volcanoes spewing "hot gas and ash" into the atmosphere, my middle school science teacher accidentally said "hot a-s-s." That was a wild week for a bunch of 8th grader.
Load More Replies...I’ve seen this before actually! At the time I read it I knew what organism was, but not the other word. And I was older than 13 lol
In sixth grade, the principal taught sex Ed in the auditorium. He started by accidentally saying "today we're e going to have sex" instead of "today we're going to learn about sex.". Someone yelled "do we get to pick our partners?". I still had no idea what sex was, but I knew that must have been funny...
In 6th grade, we were reading out loud and I accidentally said, “his CLOSET friend” instead of “his CLOSEST friend” and I still think about it all the time. I turn 47 this month…
Life Was Simple Back Then
and they all lived in peace, untill the fire nation attacked
Only the Avatar, master of all four elements could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished.
Load More Replies...The four classical elements. Does anyone have a favorite? Mine is water, followed by fire, earth and air in that order.
Fire for me followed by water, air, and then earth.
Load More Replies..."Earth, water, air, fire" are just "solid, liquid, gas, plasma", the four states of matter.
It's "Yer WiFi" as in the only element that matters nowadays
Load More Replies...Always The Same
After feeding us some deep, saddening thoughts about reality, and some creepy instances of glitches in reality, it’s nice to check up on reality with science and nerd out a little bit.
Load More Replies...And then you realize that every time you read it and don't understand it, a parallel universe spawns in which you do understand it.
The guy in the painting, by the way, is Dr Samuel Johnson of dictionary fame. He's squinting at the book like that because he had extremely poor eyesight so that's how he always read.
I recently gave away my quantum mechanics textbook for free. I can't help pitying the person who took it.
Every Wikiloop I've ever been caught in, no matter where I began, has ended up on a page having something to do with quantum mechanics.
In my head, the strings of string theory turn into Mobius strips and end up eating their own asses.
Well I don't really get it but absolutely love how it makes my brain goes crazy trying to make sense of it. A very difficult thing to do as I'm neither a physicist or mathematician or any kind of science person. But I do love spooky science 😊
We were also curious how the hosts decide what to discuss on their show, but they informed me that they “don’t discuss anything.” “It’s part of the joy. We surprise and delight each other each episode,” Greg explained.
“We did have an instance where we both brought the same story to the podcast, so now Greg tends to talk about the latest discoveries, the science de jour, and I tend to delve more into the sort of science that has an effect on our lives,” Dan added.
The hosts explained that they discuss “kitchen sink science,” or science that “everyone interacts with every day, whether they want to or not.”
Why You Try To Analysis All Probability Possible
If the moon's up it take you about 9minutes. 8for the light to stop reaching the day side, and on for someone to tweet about it.
The moon seal or this one? Or both?
Load More Replies...The teacher is wrong. If the sun vanishes instantly, we would “know” it immediately, it’s not just about the light, there are other effects, gravity to start with.
Without gravity we would only slowly veer out of orbit so you wouldn't notice it as the effect would be too small to notice in 8 min.
Load More Replies...Like many things, this depends on the phase of the moon or the positions of the stars and other planets.
We actually would know pretty quickly that something was up, because the sun doesn't just emit light on us. It holds the earth in its orbit, and if it disappeared, everything in the solar system would immediately be flung out into space.
Very Good, Kid
I don't know why you were downvoted - you're right! I used to read those books, I remember seeing this science fair experiment in there. :)
Load More Replies...did no one realize this came from diary of a wimpy kid? oh they did
“I read through plenty of articles and papers and even Wikipedia looking for new and fancy stories,” Greg noted.
“I start with a question and do a search for a simple answer to my question,” Dan added. “Then I learn the big words involved and search for those on Scinapse or Google scholar. That throws up several other questions that I pursue across the web, and then suddenly I have 4 dozen tabs open on Firefox and I’m trying to link together a piece of info from every single page.”
Sugar Pill
The placebo effect is so strange. It works even when you know you're taking a placebo!
Safety And Science
Interesting to me that Taylor is transitioning to matronly in micro increments slowly enough that her fans aren’t noticing.
Is it even possible to NOT be a swiftie? Tay Tay for president.
Load More Replies...As far as the hosts’ favorite topics, Greg says, “Space is the place. All astronomy all the time.” And Dan said that his favorite episode that they’ve recorded is ‘The Paperwork’. “It’s from almost ten years ago when I reached out to the International Astronomical Union and tried to persuade them to change the name of the Earth’s sun. They refused, and I still haven’t gotten over it.”
This Is Beyond Maths
Am I the only one who thinks there is something wrong with this man's teeth.
Life Makes No Sense
The brain is the most important organ in the body, according to the brain.
Load More Replies...I've got another one CHEMISTS ARE JUST BUNCH OF ATOMS THAT TALK ABOUT OTHER ATOMS
Yup, your entire consciousness and identity is an AI program your cells are running to increase odds of obtaining food and reproducing. And that is the meaning of life.
Brain is the only organ that talk about itself. AI is the only machine that talk about itself.
But our bodies replace cells frequently, so technically those aren't even the same biologists.
My Turtle Is 0.10 Carlos Long
Aw man, you were downvoted. Sorry. I would upvote you but I already did
Load More Replies...Anything to avoid using metric, although I believe that in addition to the US adopting metric, we should adopt the Carlos too.
I can kinda see how the old world myths of the earth being on a turtle back comes from if they were peeping fossils back then too
And when it comes to why we should all be interested in science, Greg says, “Learning about science is like learning the cheat codes to the universe. You learn about what things do and even when you can’t control them, knowing how they work makes it all less scary.”
Dan, however, added that perhaps we shouldn’t be interested in it. “Science has ruined my life,” he told Bored Panda jokingly. “Now, whenever I want to do something hedonistic, I know what the experts have to say about every single thing… I had to GIVE UP DRINKING ALCOHOL. It was a nightmare! Do you know how many leafy greens I eat every night?”
If you’d like to learn more about Dan and Greg or check out their hilarious show Smart Enough to Know Better, be sure to visit their website right here!
Literally No One Asked!
Tldr For Temperature Scales
WHO THINKS 0 C IS ONLY FAIRLY COLD. IM SHIVERING AT 10 C. But I am Australian so perhaps that explains a lot
0°C is okayish. Still doesn't require your warmest jacket and is rather comfortable for jogging.
Load More Replies...Celsius seems lot more sensible in terms of easy measurement. At sea level 0 is freezing and 100 is boiling for water. It's something you can easily test and determine. I'm not sure what the Fahrenheit temps relate to for 0 and 100?
no dude 0 centigrade is freezing point of water that s**t is m**o cold . African here.
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Discovering Something New
The artstyle reminds me of "Centurii", not sure if it is a comic by them though
Load More Replies...i love biology and people always look at me like i’m a crazy person when i tell them lol
Ah, but nuclear fission (e.g., atomic bombs) was a physics discovery.
Priorities Of Nuclear Research
Well, if we don't get clean energy and do other things to fix the environment we are destroying, the world will be dead before we have a chance to understand reality. And so will we.
but on the other hand understanding the nature of reality we live in can lead to finding ways to fix the environment
Load More Replies...This is so sad. Imagine how great of a species we would be if we didn't only think about killing each other.
They still have not found a way to contain the nuclear waste from reactors. The containers break down sooner than the nuclear waste.
A new generation of nuclear reactors that use nuclear waste from conventional reactors are being developed as we speak.
Load More Replies...Antarctica
I would love to sail to Antarctica. I want to see that incredible place. I also really think I shouldn't do that because I'll die.
Assuming the definitions haven't changed since I went to high school, the North Pole is not a continent because it's just ice, but the South Pole is a continent because there's land under the ice.
Load More Replies...I'm Better
Come on, I need to stop laughing, my tummy hurts now, are you all happy
93 million miles, pah, I can see 10 billion times that distance to the Magellanic Clouds.
I’ve done it… 5-7 times now. Maybe 10. I’m pretty good at it
Load More Replies...hmph. amateurs. I can see the andromeda galaxy from 2 million light years away. Ha! take that/
**nothing Against Ppl Who Wash Dishes, We All Deserve A Livable Wage
I feel this when I clean up liquids described as “other excrements” for patients at work. Nursing.
In principle I'm recommend dishwashing gloves. Question: why not install a dishwashing machine?
I obviously agree with gloves, this photo is not accurate of what needs to be done safety wise. But in regards to the dishwasher, you have to use hazardous chemicals and drugs with certain cleaning agents. Peridox, oxyvir, alcohol. Because you cannot just make them look sparkly, you have to inactivate the hazardous ingredient/drug first from whatever surface they touch. We have 2 dishwashers in our lab, I’ll tell you right now I have never seen them used. There is a process, and it’s actually safer to hand wash. I do know they use dishwashers in non-hazardous type labs though, but they still get cleaned prior to the dishwasher.
Load More Replies...Lmao
You know when you say Jupiter, my mind goes to Percy Jackson. And translates it to the Greek word, Zeus. And wonders how Hades/Pluto feels about being kicked off the planet list.
Hello fellow Demigod! I too wonder how Hades feels, not only about being kicked off Olympus, but the Solar System as well. Poor guy
Load More Replies...Exoplanets, generally, are named after the telescope used to find them. Since some telescopes find thousands, numbers are used after the telescope name. The lowercase letter at the end tells you which planet it is. The star itself would be 'a', the planet with the closest orbit is 'b', second closest is 'c' and so on. For stars that already had names before planets were found around them, that name is used instead of the telescope name. This system allows you to know where to look for the raw data that was used to identify the planet.
Harvard Smithsonian observatories runs a website called DIY exoplanet where you can make an account and control telescopes to record data about stars and use online tools to analyse and help confirm exoplanets. It has collaboration tools for teachers as well so a class can work on a set of data together.
Load More Replies...At one point, several bodies found between Mars and Jupiter were counted as planets. As more were discovered, they were all reclassified as asteroids. Now it seems one of them has been re-reclassified as a dwarf planet. --- A couple other dwarf planets that exist beyond Pluto were also once considered planets. --- Heck, there's also Chiron which apparently has been classified as a planet, asteroid and comet before astronomers decided it didn't really fit any of those labels and came up with a brand new label just for it (centaur). --- As we learn more about our solar system, we come up with more specific language to talk about it.
Load More Replies...That’s what you get when you convert to a one God religion, no more fancy names to pick from. :(
Well, there are billions of planets and stars. I'd guess a serial number is easier than making up billions of names.
I read something about how we should be glad all the dinosaurs had names before the world of social media, or we would end up having a dinosaur named Northern Scaley ThiccBoy… and I am very sad about just HOW true that is 😢
‘Happy Weekend’
And let me stop scrolling and do something useful with myself!
Load More Replies...Yaaaayyyyyyyy. Can us pandas just take it? And share it? I'll get it on the 1st of every month and then we can work from there.
No, it means happiness, so you'll be happy and somewhat focused!
Load More Replies...There You Have It; The Real Power!
Mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell. The one thing in biology I will never forget.
If you wrote that in a GCSE paper these days you'd get no marks.
Load More Replies...Fun fact: The mitochondria contain an exact copy of the DNA of the organism's mother.
Mitochondrial DNA is different from nuclear DNA within the same cell
Load More Replies...The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. We’re learning very nice life skills.
What Is What
God is love. Love is blind. Ray Charles is blind. Therefore, Ray Charles is God.
This is when my logic teacher introduced the word "fallacy".
Load More Replies...Linguistics is simply cells communicating, therefore, linguistics is biology
Load More Replies...Yes! "Misunderstanding language" is another name for "semantics", which totally underpins both philosophy and mathematics.
Well, by clicking the first link in almost all of Wikipedia articles repeatedly will eventually lead you to Philosophy article. Some elements of truth to the above meme. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Getting_to_Philosophy
misunderstood language is linguistics. Linguistics is applied sociology. Sociology is applied psychology. Psychology is applied biology.
We Were So Close To Eradicating It. But Then Humanity Became Dumb And Started The Anti-Vaccine Movement. Smallpox Remains The Only Disease We've Eradicated
And we were SO close to eradicating polio but the US messed it up by prioritizing (ultimately lost) military gains in Afghanistan over global health and well-being. (Like yes obviously terrorism is bad, on the as record anti-terrorism, but we almost single-handedly made eradicating polio infeasible for the next 25 years minimum, in the meantime afghan and Pakistani children will get sick, disabled, and die)
Yup. Whatever we were trying to accomplish, we haven't helped anyone. We've actively made things worse in several countries.
Load More Replies...Not entirely correct : smallpox is the only human disease we have eradicated. But vaccination has also allowed us to eradicate Rinderpest morbillivirus, which used to infect cows and buffalos. It may not seem important, until you think about how many people depends on cattle and that the ones most affected were in poorer areas. The disease was declared eradicated in 2010. Science and international cooperation at their best.
Yah, me at 30 becoming infected by the measles after saying hello to someone at the mailbox! I spent over a week in ICU QUARANTINE... I was literally the only person on the floor! I was left with permanent damage to my heart and liver. I'm almost 60, and my Doctor's are now noticing the damage was more severe than originally believed.
My mom got rubella, German measles, when she was 3. She also had whooping cough as a kid. Rubella managed to kill off a section of her brain but luckily she was so young, she was able to relearn everything and not be developmentally damaged. If she had been a teen, her outcome would have been vastly different. She made sure we all had our vaccinations
Load More Replies...People think whenever I criticize the government communication about coronavirus "vaccines" that I'm being anti-vaccine, but the reason I'm so upset poor communication/deceit by the government vis-a-vis coronavirus is that the VERY LAST THING WE NEED in the battle against anti-vaccine is to breed distrust.
As long as we recognize the difference between intentional and malicious deceit and evolving scientific understanding in the face of a rapidly progressing global pandemic caused by a new infectious viral strain. Just because some early/earlier information turned out to be inaccurate as more data came in doesn't mean they were lies.
Load More Replies...Anti Vax people are terrorist. They choose to spread disease and spread misinformation. It’s a public safety threat and I’m not sure why it’s legal. It’s child’s abuse. It’s elderly abuse, it’s disabled persons abuse. It can cause serious harm to others. Prove me wrong.
Correction: smallpox was eradicated the US in the 1979s but then the influx of people entering into the US illegally (read: without getting a doctor's clearance) it is coming back.
You may be thinking of polio or measles; smallpox has been completely eradicated from the entire human population, baring a few samples stored in laboratories.
Load More Replies...All the comments below are well intentioned and I agree for the most part. But, when ever a population of mammals becomes too over populated for their habitat; disease tends to take hold and eradicate them. If that doesn't work, they tend to start taking themselves out... If that doesn't work, they will die of lack of resources. This is why domestication of many species doesn't work; disease. I guess what I am saying is, humans need to thinned out.
Let The Battle Begin
C and K are the same. K is just shifted to the point that time stops where C sets 0 to where school stops.
“How cold is it out?” “-40°.”“Celsius or Fahrenheit?” *smirks*
Load More Replies...Fun fact: after the current state of knowledge the coldest spot in the entire universe is located on earth.
Is This How Cats Are Made?
Yup. And the world is much better when they are in charge.
Load More Replies...I don't want to be that person but mitosis produces cells that are identical to the parent and each other. This meiosis
Put them in a blender and mix until no visible distinction between the 2 is possible: myxomatosis
Ab+ People Are Lucky
So I wonder now if sometimes vampires are allergic to certain blood types. Like how certain people are allergic to peanuts or whatever.
Well in the documentary series True Blood, the synthetic blood came in different *flavours* or blood types as the vampires had different preferences, so....*sarcasm, I know True Blood is not a documentary.
Load More Replies...It is uncommon but can still take multiple blood types, so not that interesting in this context.
Load More Replies...But on the other hand, if you have O blood, you can donate to everyone.
If you have zero blood then you can't donate at all.
Load More Replies...Although people with O blood can't receive blood from a lot of people, they might actually have lower risks of some illnesses and are healthier. Idk if this is accurate i just remember reading this a while ago
I’m O-, so a universal donor. I wonder if Henry VIII’s less successful wives in the fertility stakes were O-…or if HE was.
I hate the person who typed that. Those are zero's, not the letter "o": 0O
So this is half wrong. While it's true O blood type only receive from O; they can give to anyone.
True
I lowkey wanna see that creature (in the bioengineer section on the board.)
Fight Or Flight?
I Didn't Make This Meme
I think I have to clarify something concerning the famous double-slit experiment. First of all: double slit ≠ scissoring! Words like "looking" or "watching" tempt us to regard them too literally. After all, the moon is there, even if I can't look at it because I am sleeping, right? Right! In terms of physics,maybe "measuring" makes more sense. After all, no human eye is able to see single quantum particles. Whenever something's getting measured the quantum system is destroyed by this process, it's collapsing and forces the particles into a final state, even if the measuring device was only installed and not even activated.
Installing a measuring device affects the quantum system how? Furthermore, how would we know that without measuring anything? Still makes no sense.
Load More Replies...There is actually another picture where there are no holes in the first panel, and a particle is on one side of it. Then in the next picture, the particle is on the other side. This is a situation that has been observed, though not understood. They call it "tunneling".
So So True :’(
No one does. Progress is made when you finally understand how little you know.
Oh don't show me this it's triggering and I want to find this child and hug him
Double Standards
This is something I really struggle in in the lab. I use 50 micro pipette tips for a single flight of samples and that is sooo much single use plastic. What I study matters but there must be a more sustainable way
Maybe, just maybe, sometimes plastic is the best option. Scientific uses for plastic are probably a pimple on an elephant compared to all others
Load More Replies...I know it's necessary to keep germs from spreading, but ever see how much plastic and other materials are thrown away in a hospital?
I work in a hospital and when I pass the colour coded rubbish bins in the cafeteria with all the signs guilt tripping everyone to sort their recyclables I think “Oh, do f**k off”.
Load More Replies...Some industries will always have a greater need for single use plastics, as described by our lab friends here. All the more reason to reduce/eradicate them in all the areas where we can
As bad as plastic can be, it has it‘s uses. I think we should just prioritise more. Yes, hospitals and such use much plastic, but it‘s more important to keep diseases from spreading. On the other hand it is very much NOT important for someone to use a plastic plate at home because they don‘t want to wash the dishes after their meal.
At the beach last weekend: so much plastic trash all over the sand. Told wife that this didn't even exist 60-70 years ago
I read online that scientist have discovered something that can make plastic degrade, eats plastic, and or destroys it. I see people using plastic in roads and building, but we never seem to get rid of any of it.
It was like in college when our chemistry professor held a class on pollution in the Seekonk River. After running the tests using toxic chemicals he just poured them all down the drain...
as far as i know, it would be possible to practically stop using plastic now. there are already numerous biodegradable materials that can replace packaging and other plastic products. Of course, it would require a lot of money, but it is not impossible. companies that are most harmful to the environment should bear part of the costs of the ecological transition. financial penalties should also be enforced in cases of infringement of the law in a way that harms the environment. maybe it would be possible to subsidize the producers of plastic products to transform their production lines so that they can use biodegradable plastics within x years.
Visceral Fat Has Entered The Chat
I was at my friend's family's house. Her sister came to the refrigerator and wolfed down an entire 1/2 cup of light yogurt. She's very thin. She looked up at me guilty and said with a shrug, "I just have a really fast metabolism." Inside I laughed and laughed. I'm sure you just burned up that whole 10 calories super fast.
My formerly fast metabolism meant constant fidgeting. An inefficient engine using more gas than an efficient engine is NOT a violation of thermodynamics.
YES nobody seems to understand this. I always tell eveyone that when the famine comes I'll outlive all those scrawny f*****s that eat and eat but can't gain weight.
Load More Replies...Nobody Likes To Hear The Truth (Got It From A Phd Student In My Lab)
let me try something.. Psychotherapist vs. Psycho the rapist Your move, BP.
Load More Replies...Oh no. The word a**l is in analyze. My innocence has been single-handedly destroyed by this one word. This one word that isn’t even a cuss word. Whatever will I do.
They're getting a little a**l about the censoring aren't they.
Analyze is a freaking word, just because the first 4 letters spell a body part.... 🫨🫨
What body part? I'm curious as a**l pertains to a**s. An actual body part. I think you need a nap.
Load More Replies...Kidney Stones
If I asked someone what their hobbies were, and they said they collected their kidney stones, I'd run away!
Its Something That Always Irritates Me, Honestly
AMPHIBIA MEME THIS IS LIKE MY FAVORITE SHOW LETS GOOOOOO!!!!
No element has been added to the periodic table that was on the periodic table before it was added.
Well, I hate to be the bearer of obvious questions... But we don't know it all yet. How do we.know that is all there is?
Accurate
Has This Been Done Before?
A microwave is a particle accelerator? My particle accelerator is a cathode ray tube TV.
Radio waves accelerating water molecules inducing friction and as result heat.
The Truth
That is written on my shirt right now :-)
Load More Replies...My Humor Level Be Like
Maths Are Hard
When will Bored Panda start censoring misused apostrophes? They are for footnotes and reference not for describing action.
Load More Replies...Yep. And I'm genuinely dyscalculic. XD I ended up an English major, of course.
Load More Replies...Nuclear Reactors Are Just Big Steam Engines
Is that from odd squad? God i used to love that show EDIT: I meant the PBS kids show about math
A surprising lot of people are totally stunned when they learn that "nuclear energy" in its core works exactly like a paper-windmill held above their hot-water-kettle. They expect some magic crazy stuff is happening in these domes. That a nuclear plant is basically not much more than boiling water to create steam to trigger rotation of a rod within a magnetic field never occured to them.
Hidden Truth
Someone Lost An Instagram Filter In His Backyard
🎶🎶
A rebus! Used to find these in kids' magazines all the time, back when.
Found This One In My Image Gallery... Nice
Helicopter comes from the words 'helico' and 'pter' so it should be pronounced helico-pter.
They Probably Don’t Even Believe Gravity Exists Either. 💀
Apparently Us Scientists Once Gave Dolphins Lsd In Order To Communicate With Them But Things Then Got Grotesque
no, but they did…. engage with the dolphins in ways that were even more inappropriate
Load More Replies...How grotesque are we talking about here? Did it involve an orgy?
it involved one human woman and one male dolphin. I will leave the rest up to your imagination.
Load More Replies...Saw That Video Where Everybody Shared What They Used 'K' For
"Well Acthually...."
My brother loves Ant-Man. I should probably relay this impossible plot hole to him. Maybe it won’t destroy him internally?
Doesn'this suit have an integrated Oxygen cylinder and rebreather combo?
TY! If his suit can shrink, so can the oxygen molecules. 😉
Load More Replies...Oof
I’m Hungry
It’s Hover Isackin
Oh yes. I think it would end in flailing around and slap fights, but I would pay good money to watch it.
Load More Replies...Our Understanding Of Physics In A Nutshell
Dark Matter/Energy is what's left of the previous universe after our Big Bank.
Probabilities
Accuracy, accuracy. All three work, but they don't have the same accuracy.
You Know What They Say!
Some idiots in my class poured 1 base and 3 acids into the same test tube during chemistry class. The resulting reaction wasn’t very dangerous to life thankfully
Depressing
It’s not that you don’t matter, it’s just in the greater scheme of things you don’t and it’s ok and not a big deal. I did some acid and had these thoughts, literally propelled me to be better and free from childhood trauma 😂
Load More Replies...It's always annoyed me to be told that I'm made up of tiny little bits that aren't there.
Who Is That? Where Is He From? Why Is He Such A Mvp?
Actual Thing My Friend Said
Well, gravity does keep humans tethered to the Earth so…let’s get that biotch!
I can find an argument to prove anything. Gravity makes the Earth shrink which causes crustal plates to exist and creates heat to drive them. This causes volcanic action which releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. And we all know that carbon dioxide causes global warming.
Load More Replies...This is me when anyone tries to undermine African history (particularly Egypt) with aliens and random b******t.
Meme
Given that we’re constantly measuring temperature everywhere on Earth and in a limited capacity elsewhere, that makes sense. The Moon and Mars, Venus a few times in the 1970s and I’m guessing probes like Cassini can measure that where they are, but it’s not like we’re getting massive amounts of regular readings beyond Earth.
I believe it's a reference to scientists almost reaching absolute zero (-273 Celsius) in a lab which is a few degrees colder than deep space.
Load More Replies...Tbf Immune System Is Just Trying To Do Its Job
“How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?!?” or “I love the young people 👴🏼 ♥️ “ is all I hear every time I see this image 😂
Bruh Bro!
You'd think questions would have been raised before painting the white lines?
What Do You Think It Is??
Thought Of This In My Last Chemistry Class
The Moon Too
I think it's actually a very light shade of green, according to phasmatograph analysis out of the atmosphere
Learned this when I moved to Arizona from California. The sun was white in the desert and wants to kill you always.
The sun still wants to kill you no matter where you live. If we didn't have a magnetosphere, our planet would be barren. See Mars for an example.
Load More Replies...*sed Noises*
I'm pretty sure it is. I like the guy. He makes me wildly uncomfortable and I would probably avoid him if I ever saw him irl, but I like him nonetheless.
Load More Replies...I’m Normal
Well
I Generally Don’t Know How Astrology Is Even Considered A Science
Shhh. Have a big secret for you. Astrobiology isn't a science either. Shh.
Sure it is! It includes study of the origins of life on Earth as well as beyond. And even though life beyond Earth hasn't been found, it doesn't mean the study of the possibility isn't being done scientifically. About Astrobiology | Astrobiology https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/about/
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