Scientists 3D Printed An Elephant Inside A Living Cell... Because They Could

The ornithological comedy writes itself here. Someone misread "Black-throated Bushtit" (an actual bird species) as "Black-throated Bullshit" and immediately accepted this profane taxonomy as completely plausible. The best part? Looking at those smug little faces with their built-in villain mustaches and judgmental expressions, the mistaken name seems oddly fitting. Evolution really outdid itself creating a bird that looks perpetually ready to call you out on your research methods.

Topologically speaking, your body is just a fancy donut with 13 holes! The digestive tract creates one continuous tunnel from mouth to... exit, making us technically a torus. Add in the tear ducts, nostrils, and other biological plumbing, and congratulations—you're basically walking Swiss cheese according to mathematicians. Next time someone calls you "well-rounded," just tell them it's your genus number talking! For the uninitiated, in topology (the mathematical study of shapes), a donut and a coffee mug are identical because they both have exactly one hole. The "genus" is just fancy math-speak for "how many holes does this shape have?" So humans having genus 13 means we're basically the fanciest, most complicated donut at the bakery!

Type AB blood is basically that kid in class who copied everyone's homework and somehow got away with it! The diagram shows how AB blood can receive donations from ALL other blood types (O, A, B, and itself), while other types are much pickier about who they'll accept. AB is just sitting there like "Blood is blood!" with zero standards whatsoever. Meanwhile, type O is the stingy friend who won't share with anyone but can donate to everybody. Talk about biological inequality! It's like AB blood has VIP access to the transfusion club while everyone else is stuck checking IDs at the door.

This is peak molecular biology humor right here! The meme plays on the key difference between DNA and RNA: DNA uses thymine (T) while RNA replaces it with uracil (U). The left shows DNA happily pointing at its thymine bases like "T for the win!" Meanwhile, RNA (as Spider-Man) is basically saying "NO U" - which is both a meme reference AND literally what RNA does when it's transcribed from DNA. RNA kicks out thymine and says "Nope, we use uracil here!" The title "Uracilly Boy" is a pun on "you're a silly boy" - which is exactly what DNA would say to RNA if they could talk. Nucleic acid sass at its finest!

Evolution may have programmed us with certain... instincts ... but academia demands a different kind of submission. Nothing says "natural selection at work" quite like choosing homework over hormones. Darwin would be proud – survival of the most disciplined. The greatest reproductive success in grad school is your thesis actually making it past your advisor.

Early humans were basically the original food scientists! One brave soul eats a mystery berry, keels over dead, and suddenly his buddy is frantically taking notes like "Note to tribe: red berries by the river = NOT FOOD." Talk about peer-reviewed research with the highest stakes possible! Natural selection was just primitive clinical trials without the consent forms. 😂 This is how we figured out which plants were medicine and which were murder. Honestly, we should all thank these accidental botanical pioneers every time we enjoy a meal that doesn't kill us!