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The Decibels Of Doom

The Decibels Of Doom
Just your typical Tuesday at CERN: "Hey Bob, what if we crank this acoustic levitation device to 11?" Turns out 194 decibels isn't just loud—it's the threshold where sound waves literally create vacuums in air, boiling water through cavitation and turning your internal organs into a physics demonstration. And they wonder why the budget committee keeps asking questions about our "necessary experiments." Next week: can we weaponize resonant frequencies? For science, of course.

From Chemical Weapon To Ozone Destroyer: Just Another Tuesday In Amateur Chemistry

From Chemical Weapon To Ozone Destroyer: Just Another Tuesday In Amateur Chemistry
Kitchen chemistry gone horribly wrong! Mixing paint thinner with cherry soda doesn't create a tasty beverage—it creates phosgene gas, a literal chemical weapon from WWI. The desperate scientist's solution? Fight chemical disaster with... chlorofluorocarbons, the compounds banned for destroying our ozone layer! This is peak "I've made a terrible mistake but will now solve it with an even MORE terrible solution" energy. The road to environmental catastrophe is paved with amateur chemists thinking "how bad could this possibly be?" right before their eyebrows disappear.

Please Don't Resurrect The Terrible Lizards

Please Don't Resurrect The Terrible Lizards
Scientists: "We're just trying to sequence some ancient DNA for research!" Future commuters: *running from T-Rex* "MAYBE LEAVE THE EXTINCTION EXTINCTIONED?!" The whole Jurassic Park franchise was supposed to be a cautionary tale, not a how-to manual! But hey, at least the morning traffic will be more interesting when you're trying to avoid becoming breakfast for a creature that's been dead for 65 million years. Natural selection's making a comeback, baby!