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Marie Curie And The Radium Girls
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Marie Curie And The Radium Girls
The darkest chemistry joke ever! This meme brilliantly plays on the double meaning of "effect" - Radium literally had a devastating effect on the Radium Girls who painted watch dials with radioactive paint in the 1920s (they would lick their brushes and later suffered horrible radiation poisoning). Meanwhile, Marie Curie, who discovered radium, died from radiation exposure herself. Talk about a deadly attraction! The element is personified here with a smug confidence that's both hilarious and horrifying when you know the tragic history behind it. Radiation burns never looked so... confident?

The Elephant's Foot: Nuclear Power's Worst Tourist Attraction
Physics Materials Science
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The Elephant's Foot: Nuclear Power's Worst Tourist Attraction
The infamous "Elephant's Foot" at Chernobyl isn't your average tourist attraction. This horrifying mass of corium (a radioactive lava-like material) formed when nuclear fuel melted through the reactor floor during the 1986 disaster. When first discovered, standing near it for just 5 minutes would deliver a fatal dose of radiation. The meme perfectly captures how other radioactive elements have "practical" applications, while corium is just... gestures vaguely ... a deadly blob that will kill you before you can even take a decent selfie with it. Nuclear science: where some elements power cities and others create nightmare fuel that glows for centuries!

Time Travelers' Guide To Scientific Spouse Preservation
Scientists Physics Science Chemistry
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Time Travelers' Guide To Scientific Spouse Preservation
When boys time travel to find their soulmates but girls are busy preventing Nobel Prize winners from glowing in the dark.