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The 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes are in, and six real, peer-reviewed studies are almost too weird to be true. Swipe through our ...
09/08/2026

The 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes are in, and six real, peer-reviewed studies are almost too weird to be true. Swipe through our favorites, from splash-free urinals to cockroach milk.
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This week's Science Word of the Week: apophenia, the tendency to see meaningful patterns in random, unrelated data. Your...
09/06/2026

This week's Science Word of the Week: apophenia, the tendency to see meaningful patterns in random, unrelated data. Your brain's favorite party trick, and also the entire business model of horoscopes.
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Tigers aren't hiding from you. You're just bad at seeing: we have trichromatic vision, their prey has dichromatic vision...
09/03/2026

Tigers aren't hiding from you. You're just bad at seeing: we have trichromatic vision, their prey has dichromatic vision, and that neon coat reads as plain old forest green to literally everyone who matters.
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Humans are trash. 🌟
09/02/2026

Humans are trash. 🌟

Octopuses have three hearts. Two pump blood to the gills, and the third sends blue, copper-based blood to the rest of th...
09/01/2026

Octopuses have three hearts. Two pump blood to the gills, and the third sends blue, copper-based blood to the rest of the body. Evolution clearly believes in backup plans here, and honestly, we respect the commitment to full redundancy. Shop the nerdy side of science: https://scienceandsnark.etsy.com/

08/31/2026

Boo-ology: the study of ghosts, ghouls, and why your students won't stop screaming in the hallway. 👻🔬 A love letter to every science teacher out there. Shop: https://scienceandsnark.etsy.com/

This week's word is petrichor: the earthy scent that shows up when rain hits dry soil after a long stretch of nothing. S...
08/30/2026

This week's word is petrichor: the earthy scent that shows up when rain hits dry soil after a long stretch of nothing. Someone seriously needs to bottle this sh*t. Shop the nerdy side of science: https://scienceandsnark.etsy.com/

Meet Eunice Foote, the Mother of Climate Science
08/27/2026

Meet Eunice Foote, the Mother of Climate Science

Technically, zombies are just a biology problem we haven't solved yet. 🧟🧠 For the teachers explaining decomposition way ...
08/26/2026

Technically, zombies are just a biology problem we haven't solved yet. 🧟🧠 For the teachers explaining decomposition way too enthusiastically every October. Shop: https://scienceandsnark.etsy.com/

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