That's Vein-Tastic

The scientific explanation? Boring. The real reason night vision is green? Pure 90s gaming nostalgia! Remember squinting at that tiny Game Boy screen while hiding under your blanket after bedtime? Those monochromatic green pixels of Metal Gear Solid on the original Game Boy are forever burned into our retinas. Sure, rod cells in our eyes are more sensitive to green wavelengths (around 555 nanometers), making it the optimal choice for low-light amplification... but let's be honest, military engineers just wanted to feel like they were in a video game while crawling through the jungle. Science is just an excuse for our collective nostalgia!

The chemistry-biology rivalry continues. Top panel: IUPAC chemists sitting in perfect order around a circular table, calmly discussing how to name some theoretical compound with 47 carbon atoms and functional groups that only exist in computer simulations. Bottom panel: Biologists literally brawling in the dirt because they can't agree if two nearly identical frogs that mated once in captivity constitute separate species or not. Chemists have a systematic naming convention; biologists have chaos and occasional fistfights behind the natural history museum.

Taxonomists: spending centuries creating elaborate Latin naming systems with multiple subspecies, genuses, and families. Regular humans: "That's a big dog" or "weird bug" and moving on with their lives. The sheer audacity of asking for "Rosales Rosaceae Malus domestica" when you could just say "apple" is peak academic absurdity. Meanwhile, taxonomists are huddled in corners with their electron microscopes counting bee leg hairs to determine if it's a new species or just the same bee having a bad hair day. Next time a taxonomist tries to impress you with Gorilla gorilla gorilla , just ask them if they ran out of creativity that day or if their naming convention was inspired by a toddler's vocabulary.

The perfect encapsulation of scientific personalities in the wild! While the first three panels show typical teenage rebellion stereotypes, the final panel goes full science nerd with hemoglobin's humble brag about its oxygen-carrying capabilities. That last panel is basically every biochemistry student who finally understands protein function and can't stop talking about it at parties. Hemoglobin is literally the protein equivalent of that friend who's like "my only personality trait is carrying groceries in one trip" except it's oxygen molecules through your bloodstream. The molecular structure shown is indeed hemoglobin - a complex protein with four subunits that binds to oxygen in your lungs and delivers it throughout your body. Without it, your cells would be gasping like a PhD student after their thesis defense.

Mendel dropping genetic truth bombs that blow family reunions wide open! Since identical twins share 100% of their DNA (unlike regular siblings who share ~50%), their children would indeed have the same genetic relationship as siblings rather than cousins. It's like nature's own family tree glitch. Next Thanksgiving when someone says "pass the potatoes, cousin," you can smugly correct them with "Actually, according to Mendel's principles, we're technically siblings." Family drama and genetics—a match made in scientific heaven!

The eternal struggle of every microbiologist! Mycoplasma contamination is the lab equivalent of finding glitter in your house—it gets EVERYWHERE and you'll never truly be rid of it. These tiny cell-wall-deficient bacteria are notorious for sneaking into cell cultures and ruining months of research faster than you can say "publish or perish." The best part? They're resistant to common antibiotics because they don't have cell walls to target. It's like trying to punch a ghost. No wonder researchers clench their teeth at the mere mention of these microscopic saboteurs!