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I’ll put it bluntly—without science, life would be extremely boring. At least for me. There’s hardly anything that can compare to the rush of joy and the butterflies fluttering in your stomach when you stumble across a piece of news about some huge scientific advancements.

From new medicines that will greatly improve the quality of our lives to leaps in tech that are making regular space travel and the colonization of other planets merely questions of ‘when,’ not ‘if.’ And don’t even get me started on quantum physics which is so close to magic, I’m glancing out the window, waiting for my invitation to study at Hogwarts.

I’m not the only one in love with science, though! Frankly, I’m glad that’s the case because when it comes to science and learning—the more, the merrier. There are plenty of online communities that mix science with humor and one of them is the ‘Science Memes’ subreddit that’s dedicated to sharing and creating memes about science.

Check out the very best science memes that Bored Panda has collected from all over the web, including about r/sciencememes, and upvote the geekiest and funniest ones.

You don’t have to have a degree in biology, chemistry, physics, etc. to be a science geek. Similarly, just because you have a degree in science doesn’t automatically mean that this is it, there’s no turning back, you’ll have to work as a scientist until the end of your days.

Loving science is more about the curiosity inherent in human beings than choosing from a narrow list of undergraduate degrees. If you’ve got the spark to learn new things, test out your theories, and a willingness to be open-minded and proven wrong, then in my eyes, you’re a scientist. Degree or no degree!

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Earlier, I actually had a chat about the wide gap between what people majored in and what career path they chose with voice actor André White, who has worked with the History Channel and The Smithsonian, among others.

According to him, we don’t have everything figured out by the time that we graduate from college. Instead, we should embrace that uncertainty and use our 20s to try new things and discover new passions.

“If you are 18 and you feel lost and not sure of what your next move should be, GOOD. No one should have it all figured out at that age. And the same goes for a 25-year-old or a 35-year-old. Don't feel like you HAVE to do what society tells you to,” André told Bored Panda in an earlier interview that we should learn to think and decide for ourselves. In short, we have to be bolder, more courageous.

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Man in a suit with humorous science meme text overlay in a cosmic background.

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Foxxy (The Original)
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Neil deGrassi Tyson does great docos. The David Attenborough of space (astrophysics).

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Clever science meme with edited research paper title adding humor to scientific content.

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“Go to a community college, go to an HBCU, start a business, find your passion because your passion is what's going to make those tough days a little less tough. What makes you smile ear to ear? Do that! Life is way too short to look back in 30 years and regret anything," André said.

“People feel like a college degree is how you get respect. College is still being pushed as a safety net when in reality going to a trade school, community college, or pursuing the path of an entrepreneur can be just as rewarding. I wish that we would teach our kids that there are so many other options and that if college is what they want to do, then fine but don't ever box yourself in."

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Humorous science meme highlighting algae's oxygen production versus credited trees.

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Dynein
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Still waiting for algae to be used for the production of renewable fuels. Forget electric cars, I want old-fashioned only slightly adjusted cars that run on bio-fuels made from microscopic algae!

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But whatever path you find yourself on, remember that a lot of us have one thing in common—our love of memes. So keep your inner scientist alive and fed with some educational memes, no matter what degree you have and what your current job is. 

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Science meme with Mendeleev joke on periodic table memorization, featuring a man standing with hands on hips.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was supposed to memorize it in HS, but I figured out that failing the class wouldn't prevent me from graduating. Problem solved.

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Pie chart science meme about majoring in physics shows math difficulty and ruined action movies as reasons.

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Laura Mende (Human)
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom don't need a major in physics. She brings ALL the wrong stuff in the films up. Gravity, explosions, "This guy should be dead after that". SOOO FRUSTRATING!!!!

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Science meme illustrating the humorous reality of research with a tweet about reading papers for minimal references.

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Samantha Lomb
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yes, which you then delete or move to a foot note ( and then delete) in subsequent revisions

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#20

Clever science meme contrasting chemists, physicists, and geologists with a humorous boulder comment.

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Andy Acceber
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't undercut geologists. They largely determine where nuclear waste can be stored. Kinda a big job.

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Clever science meme about Stephen Hawking's time traveler party with humorous first rule of time travel reference.

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Laura Mende (Human)
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, why give it away? Time travel is possible, but people aren't that stupid to show it is possible...

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#26

Clever science meme featuring a strong dandelion growing on concrete and a weak rose struggling with soil pH.

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Woman facepalming, regretting a verbal slip in a science class, blending clever humor with knowledge.

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Chucky Cheezburger
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well...Thats one way to move the subject on to biological reproduction.

Johan Plane
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or perhaps geology; Is a volcano eruption the earth having an orgasm? Smoke and ash being a blindshot and lava being the real thing?

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Robert T
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Could be worse. You could have done it on national television. Poor guy did that on Blockbusters and I remember Bob Holness saying "For reasons which I',m not going to go into, I cannot accept that answer".

Aarna Saxena
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also forgot to put an space between “instead” and “of”

Elizabeth Williams
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When our 10th grade biology teacher (who was actually quite shy) was discussing how frogs reproduce, a girl in class in class asked, "which one is on top?" 🤣

Cathy Comfort
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First science teacher I taught with said a volcano had a giant 'erection' instead of 'eruption' ... only one kid caught it, and he just ducked his head and grinned at his book. Good kid.

kjorn
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

what do you talked in class today? -teacher talk about orgasm

Carol Anne Benoit
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We were talking about favourite foods and what to put on a hotdog and I accidently didn't say 'condiments'. They still talk about it.

Donald Holder
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A teachers worst nightmare. "Woke" parent complained you were using sex to teach on class...

Linda Robinett
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I took a biology class in Junior College (that was easier than the one I took in high school) where they had us listen to recordings as we went from station to station in a room learning things I think the subject was plant biology. You could tell when a student hit a particular station. The laughter as the teacher said orgasm.

Nothanks L. Walk
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One of those 13 yr olds is a bit grown for his age huh? Pretty, is he? ;)

Nanc Christy
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now that I have everyone's attention. Watch what happens when I say Aureola instead of Aurora in my lecture on meteorology.

Theo Gräbe
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I read Origami. Ek was rather amazed that a group of 13 year olds would laugh at that...

Jace
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

An English teacher’s worst fear: the Internet normalizes the decay of language instead of being a tool to learn to effectively communicate.

Gabby M
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They won't remember....just like everything else they are being taught lol

Allan Breum
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, it could be worse; Saying it in front of 13 30 year olds.

Norah Reilly
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, that's a moment that ALL of you will always remember, albeit for different reasons.

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Clever science meme showing a humorous take on filling voids with food, featuring blood vessels filled with macaroni.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

virtual hugs for those whose understanding just hit home with this

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Clever science meme comparing robust bacteria in nature to fragile bacteria in the lab with humor.

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Leo Domitrix
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And this is why "laboratory results show..." is not necessarily a big reliable indicator for how things act in real life. Mice, bacteria, whatever.

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Cartoon brain battling a virus, humorously causing organs to panic over a fever, illustrating clever science memes.

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Dynein
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is wrong. Fever doesn't work on viruses because they largely rely on the molecular machinery of the human host cell. It works does for bacteria, however, which have their on molecular machinery that, for bacteria adapted to humans, works best at 37°C.

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Cartoon of "Saint Schrodinger" explaining a science meme about Jesus being alive and dead with a closed tomb.

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Leo Domitrix
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He meant that as a poke at the whole.... y'know, never mind. Whatever. I'm with Terry Pratchett. The cat has three states: Alive, dead, and bloody furious.

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Clever science meme of a student wearing a plant in a helmet, humorously addressing Mars colonization.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

now I'm curious, how many plants on top of your head would it take to make it work. 🤔

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#40

Drake meme humorously explaining wormholes with equations and a simple drawing.

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Dynein
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For those who DON'T know this: Draw 2 dots on a flat sheet of paper, connect them via the shortest distance. That is 2d. Bend the paper - now the shortest distance is *out of the paper through 3d space*. To 2d beings living in the paper, the straight line still looks like the shortest distance, but we in 3d space can see that this is not the case. Now add one dimension to everything: 2 dots in straight 3d space, shortest distance is the straight line connecting them. 2 dots in a 3d space *that is bend within the 4th dimension*, shortest distance is *out of the 3d space into the 4th (spatial) dimension then back in*.

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#41

Clever science meme about the moon's diameter humorously conveys a mistake.

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Fred Van Der Zee
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In metric, decimal comma and with point as thousands separator... Circumference of the moon's orbit is 2.413.402 km. 1 degree of that circumference is 6704 km, so if you miss you're about 0,5 degree off. Since both the moon and earth are moving as well, missing it is actually very likely.

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#46

Three men humorously representing science concepts: states of matter, plasma, and Bose-Einstein condensates, in a Christmas setting.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This was me in Year 2 going ‘what about electricity?’ - not that I was being a smart ass, my brain couldn’t comprehend how electricity fit into that model of three and had to ask. Cos if a question pops into my head I HAVE to ask it no matter how stupid or annoying I will sound. It’s compulsive and annoying and I kinda hate myself cos of it

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Data Analysis

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Neil Bidle
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When Europe wanted the UK to change from 240V to 230V, we just increased our "error" from 5% to 10%

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I Feel Sad!!

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Who Will Win?

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Function!

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Nathan Pogorzala
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As they should. Just think how cool it would be to see a rock that was formed during the early earth where water first came in contact with the broiling lava earth or during a tectonic turnover. That is badass. I listened to this geologist at the Grand Canyon and he told us why they knew that the rocks at the bottom of the canyon were once covered in a 6 mile high mountain which then eroded down to where it is today and they show you the evidence to that. Pretty damn cool if you ask me, which you didn't.

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T Pairs With A.

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Solves All Your Problems

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Well, It's A Complex Relationship

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Where Did It Bring You, Back To Me.

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How The Turns Have Tabled

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Marianne
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, but look at the life expectancy of chemists now and then!

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Chememestery

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Dagnirath
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is backwards. Graphite's bonds are very strong in the layers, it's just between them that isn't. Diamond's crystal structure, on the other hand, is unstable and decomposes into graphite. It just happens infinitesimally slowly at average temperatures.

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It's A Sign I Should Take A Break And Watch Some Anime

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Do Not Blink!

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is that supposed to be Trudeau? Because if it is, he certainly does not understand step 2. Or probably even step 1.

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Maybe I Am Inert Gas :(

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Could Throw In 1 Cm3 Too.

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Laura Mende (Human)
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We had an apprentice in the company. He was asked how much 1 liter of water weighs. Without a joke, he said "If I put it on the scales, it flows away, no idea how much it weighs" He didn't stay long ... 🙃

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Lord Carbon

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Gabriel
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Zinc is cheap in contrast with the other elements in the green section

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Graphite Is Dope

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Haha Universe Go Critical

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Reynard
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one is incorrect. Scientists don't claim that before the 'Big Bang', there was nothing. It's that known physics is incapable of describing what happened before the singularity. Essentially, we simply don't know what existed befor that.

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Bad People Everywhere

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This bad boy is too toxic for us.If this was written anywhere near me I'd run away.

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