Starting the New Year with some chemistry—literally! As someone who’s always loved science but barely squeaked by in high school biology (mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell, and that’s about ...

Hear ye, hear ye, dear science enthusiasts! If your brain is longing for some witty humor, itching to be scratched by the revelation of what makes a certain joke funny, you’re in luck! We seem to have ...

Qualitative methods, plasmids and research proposals don’t seem like the subjects to joke about. For a long time, scholars have avoided humor when talking about science-related topics in fear of ...

Science doesn’t always have to be serious, and these funny memes are here to prove it. From clever puns to lab-inspired ...

Ernesto Llamas, a Ph.D. student at the Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics in Barcelona, Spain, draws the comics. And, they may not be for everyone, but these in-jokes are pretty damn good if ...

When discussing the difference between RNA and DNA, students were shown a meme of Daenerys Targaryen from the Game of Thrones television series You can save this article by registering for free here.

The Trump administration hasn’t even started yet, but if there ever was a time to wave your science flag high, it’s now. He’s referred to climate change as a “Chinese hoax”, has mentioned cutting the ...

Most of us are unfortunately all too aware of the coronavirus pandemic that’s spreading across the world. China seems to be on the mend, although the situation is still dire, but Europe is grinding to ...

Zoom meeting after Zoom meeting, while trying to feed, entertain, and beg-to-sleep an infant whose daycare had closed, I needed a break but couldn’t really take one in April 2020. Enter memes. Between ...

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