Satire & Humour
These pieces teach by poking at a misconception, an absurdity or a bad argument. The joke comes from the science itself.
8 pieces so farThe Satire & Humour pagesBend the story, not the science.8 reports
- Editors’ pickNew Product Review: The Human Eye (Four Stars) We tested the most popular camera on the planet. It has been on the market for a very long time and it shows.
- Gravity's Terms and Conditions (You Already Agreed) Nobody has ever read them. Everybody has agreed to them.
- Family WhatsApp Group Confirms 5G Causes Colds The forward was in red letters, with three exclamation marks and a photo of a tower. Scientists were not consulted. Then they were.
- Local Man Furious That Antibiotics Did Nothing for His Cold "I took the whole strip," says a local man, who is still sneezing.
- Sun Promises Five Billion More Years, Apologises for Summer The statement was released this morning and reached Earth eight minutes and twenty seconds later. It contained an apology, a physics lesson and a correction about summer.
- Bacteria Form Union, Demand Credit for Idli "Every night we work," said a spokesperson, one thousandth of a millimetre long. "Then somebody's mother gets all the compliments."
- Lightning Strikes Same Building Twice, Ignores Famous Saying "I organised my whole life around that saying," said a man holding an umbrella, standing in the one spot he believed was safe.
- Man Cracks Knuckles for Decades to Annoy Mother, Science Backs Him His mother said it would ruin his hands. He has brought a study, a second study, and an MRI video.
