New Scientist Memes

Rape

4 months ago

A man in a white lab coat and blue gloves holds a vial. Text above him states, "We will make rape airborne."

Sentence

6 months ago

The image shows a news headline that reads: "Prisoners 'could serve 1,000 year sentence in eight hours'" followed by the text: "Future biotechnology could be used to make prisoners feel as if they were serving a 1,000 year sentence, a team of scientists claim". Below, Peter Griffin from "Family Guy" is sitting in a chair with the text: "ah sweet man-made horrors beyond my comprehension" above him.

Man

6 months ago

FUCK YEA

The image shows a text about the life and work of Niels Bohr, a physicist. The text discusses his impact on physics, his theories, and his role in history.

Day

10 months ago

The image shows a two-panel comparison of Patrick Star from Spongebob. In the top panel, he's dressed as a scientist, wearing a lab coat and tie, looking intently at a microscope and taking notes, labeled "MOJANG COOKING ON APRIL FOOLS". In the bottom panel, Patrick is wearing a board nailed to his head and trying to use a saw and hammer in a very clumsy way, labeled "MOJANG EVERY OTHER DAY".

Future

1 year ago

Stonks

The image contains two parts. The first part is a screenshot of an article with a title "Genetically Engineered Catgirls are Possible, Scientists say, 'but we lack funding.'" and an anime picture of a catgirl. The second part is a picture of a man with a big nose, wearing a black suit and a black hat, saying "Good day, gentlemen. I am here to change the future."

Man

1 year ago

Would make any day better. If you don’t understand this then research “shaiden rouge.” She is a scientist who explains how this could improve somebody’s mental state.

A collage with two images. On the left, a woman is putting her hair up in a ponytail from a close-up. On the right, there is a woman putting her hair up in a ponytail, in two different images. Text on the top says: "when your man is having a rough day and says nothing can fix it."

Button

1 year ago

A man with dark hair wearing a red shirt with a human evolution print, brown pants and dress shoes poses holding a red laptop in his left arm, with his right arm raised and smiling mischievously. The text above the image reads "The mad scientist in his secret laboratory getting ready to press the button that makes a random person in the world shout 'where there's rain, there's bound to be mud!' And then proceed to projectile shit all over the place".

Titanic

1 year ago

A tweet by Sarah Cooper says: Titanic (1997). Scientist: Where's the diamond? Old lady: *three hour long story about how she lost her virginity*

Map

1 year ago

A map of the United States where a large portion of the country is underwater. The text above the map reads: "Scientists say this map represents the US in 30 years if we don't reverse climate change." The words "Google earth" appear at the bottom right corner.

Gun

2 years ago

Who would you choose?

The image poses a question: "Who would win?" On the left is a green test tube with an angry face, described as "A scientist who was able to make a time travel machine." On the right is a cartoon taco with an angry face holding a pink gun, described as "A taco gorl with a gun."

Man

2 years ago

A Person that puts a RickRoll in a book is actually the hero we all needed...