Hear ye, hear ye, dear science enthusiasts! If your brain is longing for some witty humor, itching to be scratched by the revelation of what makes a certain joke funny, you’re in luck! We seem to have exactly what you’re looking for.
Below, you will find some of the best science-based memes, shared by the Facebook page fittingly titled ‘Science Memes,’ which has already amassed more than 1.3 million followers. If you’re thinking they must be some good memes if they’ve glued so many people to their devices, let us assure you—they are. So make yourself comfortable, maybe grab a snack or two, and enjoy the giggling session as you scroll through this unique blend of humor and science. Also, be sure to upvote your favorite memes!
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On the contrary - I think the British public should start naming *everything*
It's a fake https://yourmileagemayvary.com/2021/12/03/wait-they-named-the-plane-that/
ROTFLMAO 😂 Brilliant! At least they actually used a name suggested by the public. Sometimes they refuse
NOOOOO.... the DNA with 4 bases can't be built into different things- the amino acids (20 "legos" they code for can be built into different things. This is terribly flawed analogy.
Tell me about it, I'm learning Portuguese because my Carlos disdains the English language ffs 😎
Load More Replies...Whether you’re a science geek in the best sense of the word or someone who’s had enough of it back at school, you ought to agree that these science-based memes are pretty funny. Probably that’s why the ‘Science Meme’ Facebook page, created roughly a decade ago, has already amassed more than 1.3 million followers.
It will come as no surprise, but people enjoy funny content. That’s why you might recall an anecdote faster than a scientific fact. But the two can actually go hand in hand, sometimes even helping students learn about science and the world we live in.
It is, but imagine when archeologists discover it some day. They will place so much meaning on it, like "there are odd carvings" or "it was obviously of a high monetary value".
Load More Replies...That is a seriously great thing for the museum to do! How awesome! Imagine being a kid and donating your most precious possession just so others could enjoy it as much as you do!?! What a wonderful kid!
You know, if there were a museum of exhibits chosen by kids, with placards explaining why each kid chose that thing, I would totally go to that museum.
Research on the educational power of humor on student engagement in online learning environments found that humor can increase students’ engagement in the process of learning.
“The positive effects of humorous elements for behavioral engagement in the discussion help to maintain active participation and tracking of discussion topics,” the study read in part. “In practical assignments, the humorous element has a positive effect on the indicators of behavioral engagement, including the time spent and number of assignment attempts.”
Well, we can hear shapes making noises. Plants do use light to make food. Bees are smart. Something can have mass but no weight.
Wait, what? What can have mass but no weight? The fact that inertia and gravity are always exactly proportional is a mystery — I’m not sure whether advanced physics has solved it or not (my ignorance, not physics’ failure).
Load More Replies...I don't know if it was bogus or not, but I once saw a video that showed that if you put some hot and cold things next to each other in a row on the skin of someone's arm (so hot - cold - hot - cold), it sends signals to their brain that their arm is getting burned and people pull their arm away in pain.
I don't like things even 'a little bit hot'. If I have curry, it has to be not just mild, but very mild, so it's not really worth calling it curry. So if I met the OP, I'd have to say, "Thank you for your service."
Thank you, I noticed that too. The first time I read it through, my brain just filled it in.
Load More Replies...Yeah, just like you can stick one hand in a fire and burn it and the other in liquid nitrogen and get frost bite!
Me, who made the mistake of have a cough drops right before a burrito bowl
And this is more or less exactly how it went. It was an exchange of benefits: Protection traded for cuddles and food
I think butt scratches and tummy rubs were also required, but a great deal nonetheless!
Load More Replies...Humans: Invent agriculture Mice: Free food! Cats: Hunting mice. "Oh, look, warm shelter and unattended food. This is my house now, touch me and I'll cut you." Humans: .... "Can I touch you? What if I lure you with food?"
Yes, I heard about this in a flour mill, where the mice were eating the grain, so the humans welcomed the cats to catch the mice.
Load More Replies...A fun thing: Foxes are getting closer to be domesticated as they noticed the benefits dogs have
Totally...NOT...A...Fox...hmmm....exactly what a fox would say...
Load More Replies...Dr. Ronald A. Berk, Professor Emeritus of Biostatistics and Measurement at Johns Hopkins University, seconds the idea that humor can be used to help students learn easier; and, of course, make the process more fun!
Berk, a professor of a rather intimidating subject, was cited by the American Psychological Association (APA), saying that humor helps relieve fear and reduce anxiety. "When I enter the classroom, I want to change the entire atmosphere into one where everyone has fun with the material—even if the material is complex," he said.
But, according to the professor, it’s important not to overdo it, too, as comedy should complement the course material and not distract students from it.
I just love that someone accurately placed him in the Late Cretaceous! 🙏
Now I want to say a Dad joke but I think It may be too offensive. Pretty funny at the garage in 1992 but now maybe not so much.
Load More Replies...How did the new species obtain robots that are waterproof? Can the scientists learn from them?
Scientists use robots to find 30 potentially new species at the bottom of deep sea. There. Fixed it.
Humor when learning can be used in all sorts of ways. According to APA, in one of professor Berk’s classes, for instance, he had two groups of students enter the classroom, the first group doing so accompanied by the song “All That Jazz” and the second group later to the beats of the theme music from “Rocky”.
The first group of students wearing white gloves and the second one throwing punches with hooded sweatshirts were used by the professor to explain the concept of statistical sampling designs. It’s safe to say that whether or not they passed their exams, the students remembered statistical sampling and that particular lesson for a long time.
Or, as the late Terry Pratchet wrote, a cat in a box can be in one of three states. Alive, dead or bloody furious!
Now that we know it's definitely alive, what'll we do about the old hypothesis?
Well, it's technically not yet entirely correct as a theory. It still has multiple flaws when it comes to certain aspects of quantum mechanics.
It's a theory, therefore it can be adjusted, amended, corrected.
Load More Replies...Talent. Good use of your time. But the biggest feat is to have been able to refrain from eating them all.
Perhaps she started with 100 cans and this all that's left...
Load More Replies...Unsurprisingly, funny memes can also help students learn and retain information. A study on enhancing the student learning experience through memes found that both creating and using memes can improve the perception of knowledge retention. According to it, the majority of students considered meme-making to be “both fun and relevant while helping them remember and reflect on class content”.
As a South African, i would love to hear the discussion actually.. LOL
As a nerd, I would have proposed marriage by the end of the lecture.
Load More Replies...You need to try other man.. That one is too stoopid to know your worth
She has found a very effective filter to winnow out the chaff
Load More Replies...By "fish people" do you mean the denizens of Innsmouth? Because if not, I cant help you.
Who doesn't like talking about coelacanths??! I would have talked about nautilus too
I'd rather hear 30 minutes of coelacanths than make some useless small talk.
I don’t know about you, but I have a rock that keeps bears away.
Load More Replies...And look! He's exactly the same size as the sign! Unless...Has anyone got a banana?
Yes. And the one at the left has a Premium account.🤪
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In german Carlos could mean without car. A turtle in the size of a car without a car. Just saying.
Is Carlos the scale just because he happened to be around at the time, or is he now the accepted unit of measure when a banana is too small?
What a job that would be, travelling all over the world to lie next to things.
Load More Replies...2 carlos long, 1.6 carlos wide. From this angle, can't tell how what fraction of a carlos thick it is.
Reminds me of one of my fav Ryan and Colin exchanges in “Whose line is it Anyway”. They walk out as gladiators and Colin turns to Ryan and calls him “TES-tik-leez” They didn’t make it any further in the sketch.
Like the Monty Python bit about the guy with a speech difficulty who claims he (R)anks higher than anyone else in Rome. Smut works...
Load More Replies...The one on the left looks like Homer Simpson and Pennywise made a baby!!
I dislike how ultrasounds of fetuses look. (My youngest looked like Chester Cheetah from the Cheetos commercials!) That's just too creepy for words 😳
Also, you know ionizing radiation. MRIs use it ultrasounds don't. Edit: No, I'm thinking of CT scans. MRIs use radio waves. I should really go to sleep.
What about non polar covalent? those ones are friends because they share
Not to mention how many times they would have made corrections for a rewrite...there are always corrections.
Our youngest daughter would have done this if she had thought of it.
She doesn't know that mushrooms are more like animals than they are like plants.
Load More Replies...But they are all living creatures. But try telling that to a vegan.
I just figure most animals we consume are vegan by nature so they did the work for me plus a boost of protein. Thank you delicious bacon.
Actually pigs are omnivores that will happily eat you too.
Load More Replies...Huh? How on earth could you know whether this person is tresspassing?
Load More Replies...erm, it's a non-zero net force. So if you put force on a girl that's greater than another force acting on her, it's a non-net force. But if you put force on a girl you are with, you lose her. But no. If you act a force on a girl either way they're gonna act and punch you in the face which is an equal and opposite reaction.
You're either not paying enough attention or suffocating her. And if you had read her mind you would know that. I swear they are an entirely different species. Yes I am single thank goodness. 3 divorces are enough to make me consider that maybe I'm the problem. I was told I was too controlling. I just didn't think for her to stop injecting crystal meth was too much to ask. Oh well.
Load More Replies..."Trust to inertia. It's the most powerful force in the universe." - Nero Wolfe
I always wondered why peacocks (male) are so colorful and peahens (female) aren't. I think it's because the guys just HAVE to show off. The girls don't really give a c**p. Watch them sometime. 😆
Human males also have sexual ornamentation (look it up if you don't believe me). The beard, low voice and overall greater hight and stronger build, especially in the upper body. It's a show of dominance over other males and often results in fighting each other for the women's favor. Yes, it's very similar to other male apes like gorillas
Load More Replies...The only thing guys have going for them is their plummage - their physical attributes. There's nothing going on upstairs.
Actually, this is true for a lot of human societies in various places and times. If you consider the current idea (possibly false) that men find attraction more in the visual, then it stands to reason that women would have to try less to be visually appealing, since men already have a heightened sense of that. And if women are not so attracted to the visual, the men would have to do more visually to appeal to the women. Truth is, in modern Western societies, the courting rituals are all askew as compared to most of the past.
And then there are birds like the blue jay, bald eagle, black-capped chickadee, and mourning dove who have no sexual dimorphism so they are both equally beautiful. :)
what about those parrots where the males are green and the females are red?
Honest handicap, because being pretty and easily noticeable implies a lot of energy and good genes to stay alive. Females in safest areas as Paradise Birds have the luxury of discarding for the slightest s**t.
While modern human females are artificially adorned, in the natural state they are no more adorned than males. Like most other mammals
In all societies? I think there are still some societies where the men are fancier when dressed up than the women.
Load More Replies...idk about the time but there sure is a lotta stuff on his head
Load More Replies...It's pretty hard to faze or out-weird most librarians. Your project could take awhile.
I wouldn't say anything, just to see how big his head would get.😂
Load More Replies...As a librarian I would totally lose my s**t if someone did this to us. 😂
You need to read a few more books to know that the word in this context is “subtly” ( not “subtelty”).
I make so many typos that I won't dare say anything to him on that. 🙄😂🤣
Load More Replies...Where is this guy where he has to RENT BOOKS? They are too polite to say anything about what they perceive as a serious medical condition.
Librarians aren't usually medically trained, how would they know this was a serious medical condition?
Load More Replies...My favorite is Herodotus. When explaining a phenomenon, he'll give the leading three theories that explain it; these usually contain a mostly-correct explanation, and two whacked-out theories. He will then inevitably endorse the theory that has Apollo doing something badass in his Sun-chariot.
"Self-evident" is down there with "Eminent domain" as two of the greatest A*s-umptions still in use
A bunch are repeats but better than reading stolen Reddit posts.
Load More Replies...TIL. The contents of my fridge is actually the materials needed for a science fair project..
Years ago, I was reading Scientific American magazine in a library while a friend was looking a cookbooks. I go running over to my friend whispery-exclaiming "I'm in Scientific American, I'm in Scientific American!" She was wondering what the heck I was talking about. I was just involved in a group of people, and that group was mentioned in an article. No actual names were given, but I still felt worthy of being called "sciency"
WAIT IT MEANS AND OTHERS WERE INVOLVED?!? Thank u BP comments for cintext for me working thie out... i truely am not the sharpest lightbulb in the freezer haha
My friend Steven put a humidifier and a dehumidifier in the same room and turned them both up to 11
Obviously this is a joke, but you really should have probiotics when you’re on antibiotics, unless you want to play free and loose with the chance of getting a yeast infection.
Yup. Our GP always reminds me to give the kids Activia when they're taking an antibiotic.
Load More Replies...To tell the difference leave and then check whether you see it later or after awhile.
One one the left is alligator, one on right is crocodile. You can tell by their snout. Alligators have a more broad, u-shaped snout while crocodiles have more narrow, v-shaped snout.
I always thought that unfair to people that use mnemonics to remember things! Alligators should have an A shaped snout, crocodiles should have a C shaped snout, but being as perverse as they are, they have to do it the other way round!
Load More Replies...If I remember what Wild Krats taught me, the alligator is on the left and the crocodile is on the right. Crocodiles have a more "v" shaped head and alligators have a "u" shaped head.
Ah, another wild krats kid! They taught me so much when I was younger :)
Load More Replies...The crocodile has an A shaped snout and the alligator has a C shaped one. Missed opportunity.
I wouldn't want to know their names but the way of running away
Watch shows that take place in the United States. We have both but the predominate species is the alligator.
Me, who knows he's the Greek ruler of the Underworld. Edit: Pluto was the ROMAN god of the Underworld (always get Greek/Roman mixed up). No trophy for me.
Ackchyually Pluto is the name the romans gave to the god of the underworld. His Greek name was Hades.
Load More Replies...I live in Flagstaff, AZ where Pluto was discovered and "Pluto is a planet" is practically a religion here, as if it's reclassification somehow diminishes the importance of its discovery. It's weird and disturbing how people are about it here.
I'm not saying that disowning a planet named for the god of death was a bad omen, but... *gestures vaguely at everything*
Saw a T-shirt once, which read: "Dear Nasa. Pluto was big enough for your Mom." Classic!
Wow. So THAT'S why so many of us are not height/weight proportionate.
Did you see the new Alternative Lifestyle Barbie? Comes with Ken and Skipper. Steely Dan included (batteries are extra)
i think twice a month, but apparently the adverb could be both?
Yup, bi-monthly can be either. Schrödinger's adjective?
Load More Replies...It means both, there are literally two definitions. Which is very unhelpful.
Flammable and inflammable. Two words, same meaning.
Load More Replies...The purpose of words is communicating something to someone, and if a word obviously fails to do that, we should just stop using that word, because it is completely useless. And if bimonthly can mean both AND people are this divided about which one of the meanings is right, it obviously makes no sense to use it anymore.
The actual definition does cover BOTH, twice a month AND every two months. The English language is crazy.
Don't. See it as a part of education which might be unpleasant for you, and from a certain stage onwards maybe not necessary for your future work life, so it might feel as a waste of time. But just keep on listening, maybe some time in future your kid or kids from family/friends will excel at maths and will be happy that at least someone else has a vague understanding of it.
Load More Replies...There needs to be better alternatives for higher mathematics. I tried intermediate algebra 3 times in college and ended up dropping it to save my GPA. Even though I took advanced classes in some subjects, I was so bad at math that my counselors recommended math fundamentals and life skills math for my math credits. Every single alternative for math in college involved algebra! Statistics classes and astronomy. Even people with certain learning disabilities had no other options. I have dyscalcula, so something different would have helped
I have that problem too, it took me twice as long to pass high school math as it should have. There should be alternatives for those with learning issues.
Load More Replies...In high school, math taught my brain how to dance. Unfortunately for my dates, it withheld that knowledge from the rest of my body.
Or when it's not the answer to the question because it's already been the answer to another question on the test.
If you can explain it in layman's terms, I love to hear about it. Talk using words only those in your field might use (but probably don't), I'm liable to fall asleep 😴
One of the things I teach PhD students to do is communicate their research in lay terms - it's a lot of fun!
Load More Replies...I have a friend that I call Moth actually, and yes, his full name is Timothy.
As someone who teaches in higher education, I absolutely hate seeing this kind of thing. It just tells me the person running that session either has no sense of how much time it takes to teach something, will try to cram *way* too much info into the allotted time, or run out of time and spend two frantic minutes whizzing through 50 slides. Or all of the above.
Well all the people of Springfield (except Lisa of course) fell for it
I remember when I learned we have no idea what the part of the Milky Way directly opposite us through the centre of the galaxy looks like, because that centre is too bright. It blew my mind because I'd never thought of that but *of course* it's too bright to see past!
Load More Replies...Yeah, as a zoologist, can confirm that's not how things work.
As a person who will admit animal knowledge isn't my strong suit, even I know that doesn't work.
Load More Replies...Disney and Pixar have never really been known for their scientific accuracy.
Wouldn't the ball veer off to the aft if this plane were actually flying?
"probability has no memory" - one of my math professors
Load More Replies...If an event with a probability of 50% occurs 20 times in a row, what can you presume with high confidence? That the probability is not in fact 50%.
Exactly so. And this is one way professional gamblers make money.
Load More Replies...That's a pretty good streak for a 50/50 chance. 0.5^20 if I recall. Something like ~0.0001% chance.
Yes and so it does justify *some* confidence in the next outcome in strictly practical terms.
Load More Replies...But I want to make my mental health and capacity to go to the extreme limits :(
Load More Replies..."Fred is a surgeon?....cool cool cool cool cool....hope I never need surgery"
Many of my students have become doctors. I mean licenses and everything. I am so afraid.
No, spherical and in a vacuum! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_cow
"cos spherical is easier to model. Easiest yet if you put it in a vacuum. Totally tubular is, arguably, funnier.
Load More Replies...Wikipedia is Not a reliable source. Back in college, a friend's professor assigned a report on the North American Tree Mollusk. If you just went to wikipedia, you would find a full detailed page on it. It would have all the information you needed, including pictures and sources. Except it was all fake. If you did any real research, you'd find that out. But if you just went to wikipedia, you'd see only the false information. Anyone who turned in a report that was more than just "this thing is fake" failed the assignment, but hopefully learned the importance of doing proper research.
How long ago was college? Wikipedia has changed a lot since its early iterations. I remember going on there and editing articles to make jokes when I was in college. I know it is impossible to edit it now the same way my friends and I did back in 2006.
Load More Replies...I honestly miss cleaning a mouse that way. It always had something relaxing, fulfilling about it.
. . . Just before the dog eats the homework, the teacher needs to see if kid actually did the homework
In a college class I had to grow bean sprouts in varying levels of salted soil. My cat literally ate my bean sprouts that grew. I did the whole report, added pictures of my cat being unashamed, and my teacher didn't even laugh. No sense of humor.
It is just perspective... If you higher yourself enough, you will see it
I have to ask: Did they have a pushing device that ensured each bike was pushed in the same direction and by the same force?
Kind of cool and yet reminiscent of a hair clog from the shower drain. 😬
Someone pushed a bike straight forward 800 times and tracked the path the front wheel took. It made this pretty picture.
Load More Replies...Hell no. I think the extraordinary pain that goes with it would put you off... From Wikipedia-Aside from causing intense pain, the venom of the spider can also cause priapism in humans. Erections resulting from the bite are uncomfortable, can last for many hours and can lead to impotence. A component of the venom, (Tx2-6), is being studied for use in erectile dysfunction treatments.[20][3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneutria_nigriventer
TL:DR. and I thought we were all here for the funny.
Load More Replies..."Honey, I just got bit by a Brazilian Wandering Spider!" "Why are you saying that like it's a bad thing?"
Meanwhile, women all over the world are loading their flamethrowers and purchasing plane tickets.
Not good enough. He should have used a t-test to establish whether the differences between tenants is statistically signfiicant
Why did this comment make me feel so good....lol...gotta look for the p<0.05
Load More Replies...He said the worst grade not a bad grade , so a person with a 4.0 can have the worst grade if all his classmates are smarter .
Load More Replies...The people who got to give speeches at our 'graduation' (we got our school certificates at our formal but the official state certificates get posted out when results are released a couple of months later) were just the ones who appointed themselves and convinced the teachers it was a whole group decision...
We should all be imagining cats every chance, in every situation we can.
They died of plague, smallpox or consumption before cancer had a chance to kill them
Some of them died of cancer. They just didn't know what caused the cancer.
Load More Replies...My ancestors lived in Ireland, where it's never been close to being an issue.
Ah, the ant death spiral. Apparently army ants, which are practically blind, rely on a pheromonal system with which they mark their paths and follow each other. If a group of them get separated somehow and lose the track, they start following each other in a circle, until they either find another track, or, commonly, die of exhaustion. Bit like my thoughts at night 😅
I was gone the day in 8th grade we dissected frogs I was really sad Edit: grammar
Oh, I was thinking about the other frog. The one in a pot of water that the guy was gonna whack the pot to save the frog.
Load More Replies...I have done my fair share as a student and as a lab attendant...sorry frogs. My bad.
This was me in year one math with the guy teaching from slides....like...okay I'm definitely failing this.
Sometimes you don't know how you got it right, you just did! It should count.
If you can't tell me how you figured your answers, don't ask me how I figured your grade.
Load More Replies...I met a former student at a wedding who asked me "Hey, you know how often I use that trig stuff you taught us?" "I don't know - how often?" "About every minute and a half." He was now a tool and dye maker. Another grad told me that knowing trigonometry so well was what got him his current job. He was serving in the military - as a sniper.
Your 6 years at the college didn't turn out like you planned. The things we use for knowledge you don't understand: Steely Tan
Some guy grows corn, makes few buck and goes to space. The books are falling of the shelf. Tsunami and robots.
Do you mean the meaning of the word or the film? Because I haven't seen the film, and I'm not sure how long I could go on about the meaning (probably about 4 mins max).
Guess what happens when you get a full time job. Hint: It's the same thing but it lasts 40 years.
There's "math" in that sentence, that heart, and tiktok, the phone he's using, and literally everything in this universe. (:
Doesn't mean I want to know or hear about it!
Load More Replies...I went down so many rabbit holes with this one, but the language is Vietnamese, and uwu epitomises cuteness, and uranium is an isotope used for a nuclear bomb, and I'm still too thick to understand it!!
These other b******t courses is what makes you an accomplished [whatever your degree is]. Understanding that your field is connected with others is essential. This is why civil engineers start two years together to get to understand all basics connected with "civiling", before splitting up in structural/railroad/water engineering
All engineering students should be required to minor in Communications.
Load More Replies...I know they want subscribers but this website is so unstable it freezes and constantly reloads on me. I’m not paying for that, and locking content behind the premium isn’t making me any more likely to.
And people reply to a comment you made earlier that you now can't read as it's since become locked behind the pay wall...
Load More Replies...This Bored Panda Premium thing has gone too far! Missing content now. I thought the Amazon ads would cover costs when introduced.
Nah, the ads are just to mess with the site so we’ll get premium with no ads, and the site will run smoothly again for us. Yeah… fúck that.
Load More Replies...I know they want subscribers but this website is so unstable it freezes and constantly reloads on me. I’m not paying for that, and locking content behind the premium isn’t making me any more likely to.
And people reply to a comment you made earlier that you now can't read as it's since become locked behind the pay wall...
Load More Replies...This Bored Panda Premium thing has gone too far! Missing content now. I thought the Amazon ads would cover costs when introduced.
Nah, the ads are just to mess with the site so we’ll get premium with no ads, and the site will run smoothly again for us. Yeah… fúck that.
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