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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

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

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The Periodic Payoff

Chemistry Science Academia
23 hours ago 16.6K views 0 shares
The Periodic Payoff
That rare moment when memorizing the periodic table finally becomes useful. Two years of staring at element symbols, and suddenly you're the intellectual superior in the room because you know Zr isn't just a typo. Meanwhile, your classmates are still thinking Krypton is just Superman's home planet and Chrome is only a web browser. The validation almost makes up for all those Friday nights spent with flashcards instead of friends. Almost.

I Know It Hertz, Okay?

Physics Science
22 hours ago 16.5K views 0 shares
I Know It Hertz, Okay?
That painful moment when someone blasts a high-pitched sound and your tympanic membrane feels like it's staging a revolt. The beautiful wordplay here is just *chef's kiss* - Hertz being both the unit of frequency AND what your poor ear does when assaulted by those 15,000+ Hz squeals that teenagers can hear but your 40-year-old professor self pretends not to notice. Evolution really dropped the ball by not giving us built-in volume limiters. Dogs get to hear ultrasonic whistles and we get... tinnitus. What a deal!

Take Your ID With You Before Going Out Of The House

Biology Chemistry Science
22 hours ago 16.2K views 0 shares
Take Your ID With You Before Going Out Of The House
A biochemistry pun that would make even the most stoic PI crack a smile. The meme references the Legend of Zelda's iconic "It's dangerous to go alone, take this" line, but replaces the sword with a protein structure. What you're looking at is tRNA (transfer RNA) handing over an amino acid to build a protein—essentially cellular molecular ID. Without this molecular handoff, protein synthesis would collapse faster than undergraduate attendance after midterms.

The Eternal Mathematical Bait-And-Switch

Math Academia Science
18 hours ago 13.5K views 0 shares
The Eternal Mathematical Bait-And-Switch
Math students everywhere feel the pain! You excitedly dive into a new mathematical theory hoping for something revolutionary, only to discover it's yet another way to calculate integrals. The colorful 3D shape represents some fancy new technique that professors introduce with great enthusiasm, but deep down, it's just calculus wearing a party hat. The eternal mathematical bait-and-switch where "exciting new approaches" always circle back to integration. Group theory students just want to study their beautiful abstract structures in peace without everything turning into another integration exercise!

Electromagnetic Spectrum Phobia

Physics Science
11 hours ago 10.6K views 0 shares
Electromagnetic Spectrum Phobia
The scientific irony here is *chef's kiss* perfect. Your friend fears darkness (absence of electromagnetic radiation) but also fears radiation itself! It's like being afraid of both water and dehydration simultaneously. Visible light is literally just a tiny slice of the electromagnetic spectrum between 400-700 nanometers, so technically they're afraid of... not having the exact right amount of photons? Good luck existing anywhere in the universe with those parameters! Next they'll tell us they're scared of both hot AND cold temperatures.

Pluto Slander

Astronomy Universe Science
12 hours ago 10.4K views 0 shares
Pluto Slander
Poor Pluto out here catching strays harder than it catches Neptune's gravitational influence! The meme brilliantly roasts Pluto's planetary status with scientific precision. The "my very educated mother just served us nine pizzas" mnemonic reference is particularly savage—remember when that final P actually meant something? Pluto's bizarre orbit crossing Neptune's path is the celestial equivalent of cutting in line at the cosmic cafeteria. And that size comparison with our Moon? Brutal. Pluto's basically that friend who keeps insisting they're 6 feet tall on dating apps when everyone knows they're 5'7". The "If and when but never is" bit hits harder than a micrometeorite impact. Since its demotion in 2006, Pluto's been the astronomical equivalent of that person still using their ex's Netflix account years after the breakup. The planetoid is literally begging for validation with its "Give me liberty, Give me fire, Give me a tail Or I retire" plea—like a celestial midlife crisis.

Atomic Identity Crisis

Physics Science
11 hours ago 10.3K views 0 shares
Atomic Identity Crisis
Physics has gone from "opposites attract" to "opposites annihilate" and now apparently to "it's complicated." The first two atoms show regular matter and antimatter—scientifically accurate and potentially explosive if they meet. But that third one? That's quantum physics having an existential breakdown. The non-binary atom refuses to follow the rigid orbital paths of its traditional counterparts, with particles taking uncertain, dotted-line journeys like they're following GPS through a construction zone. Schrodinger would be proud—it's simultaneously conforming and rebelling against atomic norms. Next up: atoms that identify as molecules, I guess.

The Incredible Shrinking Anatomist

Biology Evolution Science
12 hours ago 8.9K views 0 shares
The Incredible Shrinking Anatomist
When your comparative anatomy textbook has a human identity crisis! This French book tried to show how horse and human skeletons are similar by... *checks notes*... sticking a tiny human INSIDE the horse?! Looks like someone skipped the "scale" chapter in their scientific illustration course. Next up: demonstrating bird flight by showing a miniature pilot in the cockpit of an eagle. This is what happens when you let the intern handle the diagrams after three espressos and zero supervision. Homologous structures are fascinating, but this bizarre horse-human centaur mashup is giving evolutionary biology nightmares!

Beware The Radioactive Fruit

Physics Chemistry Science
9 hours ago 8.8K views 0 shares
Beware The Radioactive Fruit
The humble banana just got a nuclear upgrade! This meme plays on the scientific fact that bananas naturally contain potassium-40, a radioactive isotope. While a regular banana emits about 0.1 microsieverts of radiation (completely harmless), this warning label hilariously treats it like weapons-grade material. Next time someone asks "why is my banana glowing?" you'll have the perfect scientific comeback. Just remember - the banana radiation scale is actually used by nuclear scientists as an informal measurement unit. That's one spicy potassium!

Quantum Junction: Where Physics And Traffic Laws Collide

Physics Science
6 hours ago 5.4K views 0 shares
Quantum Junction: Where Physics And Traffic Laws Collide
Superposition meets traffic engineering! This road sign brilliantly plays on quantum mechanics' fundamental principle where particles exist in multiple states simultaneously until observed. The "GET IN BOTH LANES" instruction perfectly captures quantum superposition - unlike classical particles that must choose a path, quantum particles take all possible paths at once. The speed limit of "Max 30²" is genius - suggesting both certainty (speed) and uncertainty (squared value) coexisting. Schrödinger would totally ignore this sign while simultaneously obeying it.

The Quantum Identity Crisis

Physics Science
5 hours ago 4.8K views 0 shares
The Quantum Identity Crisis
The ultimate quantum identity crisis! Sand declares "I am a ton of particles" while an ocean wave proudly states "I am a wave." Meanwhile, light is having an existential breakdown because it's literally both at the same time. This perfectly captures wave-particle duality - that mind-bending quantum physics concept where subatomic entities behave as both discrete particles AND continuous waves depending on how you observe them. Poor light can't even pick a side in this cosmic debate!

Engineer's Dieting Protocol

Engineering
5 hours ago 4.6K views 0 shares
Engineer's Dieting Protocol
Engineers are notorious for their logical approach to EVERYTHING—including weight loss! Just like how they'd measure circuit efficiency, they expect immediate, measurable results from that single salad they reluctantly ate. The mirror becomes their data visualization tool, checking for the mythical "instant transformation" that nutrition science clearly states doesn't exist. It's basically applying the wrong mathematical model to biological processes—expecting linear results from a complex system. The honey-loving bear perfectly captures that disappointed face when your body doesn't immediately compile and run "diet.exe" after one healthy meal!
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