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Category Archives: Funnybone
Math irony
“Math was always my bad subject. I couldn’t convince my teachers that many of my answers were meant ironically.” — writer Calvin Trillin
Confusing maths
Cell biology is the only science in which multiplication means the same thing as division.
On the origin of children
Two different theories exist concerning the origin of children: the theory of sexual reproduction, and the theory of the stork. Many people believe in the theory of sexual reproduction because they have been taught this theory at school. In reality, however, many of the world’s leading scientists are in favour of the theory of the [...]
Evolutionary light bulb change
Q: How many evolution scientists does it take to change a light bulb? A: Only one, but it takes eight million years.
Father’s goat
My father was a self-made man. It’s true. A modern style self-made man: He enucleated an egg cell from a donor, micro injected a nucleus from one of his own pluripotent stem cells, and implanted it in a psuedopregnant female goat. After gestation, he delivered, raised, and educated himself. Of course, he left his will [...]
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Tern paper
There once was an undergrad biology student who was studying the coordinated flight patterns of sea birds, focusing specifically on terns. For his research paper, he proposed to give terns measured doses of THC (he studied where researchers could obtain marijuana legally), and then to observe their flight patterns. He hoped to gain insight into their ability to maintain communication [...]
Wise cracks