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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

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When The Letter 'K' Becomes Your Worst Nightmare

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When The Letter 'K' Becomes Your Worst Nightmare
The elemental terror of seeing a lone "K" in your chemistry exam! That butterfly might as well be a pterodactyl for the panic it causes. Chemistry students know the horror—is this mysterious "K" referring to potassium? The Kelvin temperature scale? Some random equilibrium constant that will determine if your grade lives or dies? The desperate mental scramble through seven different constants while your brain short-circuits faster than sodium dropped in water. Meanwhile, your professor is probably sipping coffee and thinking, "They'll figure it out!" SPOILER ALERT: We won't! 🧪💀

The Physics Trinity Road Trip

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21 hours ago 16.8K views 0 shares
The Physics Trinity Road Trip
This joke is pure physics genius! Heisenberg's uncertainty principle means you can know either position OR velocity, but not both precisely—hence his "I know where I am but not how fast" response. Then when the cop measures his speed, Heisenberg loses track of his position! Classic quantum mechanics humor. Schrödinger's punchline is *chef's kiss* because his famous thought experiment involves a cat that's simultaneously alive and dead until observed. The cop's observation collapsed the wavefunction—cat's definitely dead now! And Ohm resisting arrest? That's just *electric* wordplay since Ohm's Law deals with electrical resistance. The whole joke is basically a physics textbook that actually makes you snort coffee through your nose.

Potassium Or Panic: The Chemistry Student's Dilemma

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20 hours ago 16.3K views 0 shares
Potassium Or Panic: The Chemistry Student's Dilemma
When you see "K" on your chemistry exam and your brain short-circuits trying to figure out which of the 8,000 possible meanings it could have. Chemistry students know the struggle—is it the rate constant governing reaction speed? The equilibrium constant measuring reaction favorability? The symbol for potassium? The Kelvin temperature unit? Some obscure vibrational or thermal constant? Meanwhile, potassium is just chilling in the corner like "bro, it's just me, the 19th element, why you freaking out?" The sheer terror of context-dependent notation in chemistry is enough to make anyone question their life choices during an exam. Next time, just write "banana element" and assert dominance.

Quantum Heresy: Down Quark Edition

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19 hours ago 16.3K views 0 shares
Quantum Heresy: Down Quark Edition
Physics students having existential crises is basically a rite of passage! The meme shows someone absolutely losing it after encountering d -2/3 notation, which refers to a down quark with a -2/3 electric charge. Plot twist: down quarks actually have a -1/3 charge, not -2/3! That's what makes this meme hilarious to particle physicists. It's like writing "H₂O₃" for water - the reaction is appropriate because the person just committed quantum heresy. The universe might actually implode if you wrote that on your particle physics exam.

The Ultimate Cellular Bouncer System

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23 hours ago 15.2K views 0 shares
The Ultimate Cellular Bouncer System
Cell membranes are the ultimate bouncers of biology! Those lipid bilayers don't just let ANY molecule waltz into the cell. They're like, "You got ID? You on the list?" Meanwhile, transport proteins are working overtime deciding who gets VIP access. It's basically a microscopic nightclub with INSANE security! The cell's entire survival depends on this molecular bouncer system that's simultaneously keeping out deadly toxins while shuffling in glucose like it's the club's most valued customer. No wonder the meme calls it "craaaaaazyyyyyy" - it's the most sophisticated security system in nature and it never even takes a coffee break!

East vs. West: The Gravitational Bias

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15 hours ago 14.1K views 0 shares
East vs. West: The Gravitational Bias
The eternal battle between Western and Eastern scientific contributions in one perfect image! Newton gets all the glory for watching an apple fall, while some poor soul in Southeast Asia who discovered the world's stinkiest fruit (durian) gets zero credit for their gravitational observations. Historical science bias at its finest! Next thing you'll tell me is that gravity works differently depending on which hemisphere you're in. Maybe durian doesn't fall from trees—it just repels itself from everything including our noses. Newton: "I discovered gravity!" Southeast Asia: "We discovered how to make gravity smell like gym socks left in a hot car for a month."

Need Moar Steeem

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14 hours ago 13.1K views 0 shares
Need Moar Steeem
Scientists spend decades solving one of humanity's greatest energy challenges—achieving nuclear fusion that could provide virtually limitless clean energy. And the president's first thought? "Can we use it to heat water?" The scientific equivalent of using a supercomputer to check email. That facial expression perfectly captures the internal screaming of every researcher who's had their groundbreaking work reduced to the most mundane application imaginable.

This Comment Cracked Me Up

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15 hours ago 12.7K views 0 shares
This Comment Cracked Me Up
Oh the mathematical drama! Someone asked if infinity is quantifiable on r/askmath, and while one user politely suggested researching countable vs uncountable infinity, our hero "Just_Rational_Being" swooped in to declare it all "abstract nonsense from Cantor's mental illness." The irony is DELICIOUS! Georg Cantor, who revolutionized our understanding of infinity with set theory, faced brutal criticism in his time. Meanwhile, our supposedly "rational" commenter got downvoted to oblivion (-39) for dismissing one of math's most profound discoveries. Turns out infinity IS quantifiable in multiple ways, and the only thing not rational here is that comment! The mathematical community has spoken with those downvotes - don't mess with Cantor's infinity!

Whack-A-Crackpot: The Endless Arcade Game Of Science

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13 hours ago 12.2K views 0 shares
Whack-A-Crackpot: The Endless Arcade Game Of Science
Scientists spend half their careers smacking down pseudoscience that pops up faster than those whack-a-mole critters! From "Oumuamua is alien tech" (it's just an interstellar rock, folks) to "alkaline water with lemon" (which is... chemically impossible since lemons are acidic), the hammer of scientific method keeps swinging. Don't even get me started on "AI-powered string theory" or building Dyson spheres in your backyard. The arcade game of academia never ends - and the high score belongs to whoever debunks the most nonsense before their coffee gets cold!

When Chemistry Papers Attack

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9 hours ago 8.6K views 0 shares
When Chemistry Papers Attack
The chemical formula shown is for phenylethanol, a compound that makes you cry because of its beauty—or maybe because organic chemistry is brutal. The meme captures that moment when you're casually reading a chemistry paper and suddenly encounter a structure that triggers PTSD from orgo class. One second you're enjoying science, the next you're having flashbacks to synthesis problems that haunted your dreams. Chemistry students worldwide just felt a collective shudder.

The Irrational Quest To Tame Pi

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9 hours ago 8.2K views 0 shares
The Irrational Quest To Tame Pi
The eternal quest to tame the untamable π! This mathematical comedy gold shows someone desperately trying to express π as a fraction, which is mathematically impossible since π is an irrational number (it cannot be expressed as a simple fraction of integers). First attempting π/1 (still irrational), then 22/7 (a common approximation that's close but not exact), followed by 355/113 (an even better approximation accurate to 6 decimal places). But the cereal-spitting moment comes when they resort to factorial madness with "4×(-0.5)!×(1.5)!/3" - which is actually a legitimate expression for π using gamma functions! The progression from simple attempts to arcane mathematical wizardry is peak nerd humor.

When Quantum Physicists Enter The Gaming Realm

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8 hours ago 7.7K views 0 shares
When Quantum Physicists Enter The Gaming Realm
When your brain is so deep in physics that you mistake gaming YouTubers for theoretical physicists! The multiverse of mix-ups continues as someone thought this Skyrim video creator was actually Sabine Hossenfelder (renowned physicist known for her no-nonsense takes on quantum mechanics) branching into video game analysis. Imagine Schrödinger's cat but it's actually just someone analyzing digital tombstones! The parallel universe where physicists explain why dragon shouts violate conservation of energy would be AMAZING though. Maybe in another timeline, Hossenfelder is indeed explaining why Skyrim's magic system breaks the laws of thermodynamics!
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