Science is a lot of things. It’s a person in a lab coat experimenting with different materials as well as an astronaut in bouncing around in zero gravity. It’s a geologist studying rocks and a mathematician perusing books. It’s an archeologist out on an expedition and a biologist monitoring different animal species. 

That’s the great things about science—it’s vast. It is also useful because of discoveries that allow us to advance in this world. It is exciting because it gives us new prospects to aspire to. It is ongoing, inspiring, devastating, beautiful and, also, funny.

The list below is all about the funny side of science. The jokes, the puns, the memes, and all other ridiculousness that was collected and posted on The Lighter Side of Science Facebook group. Scroll down to see our favorites.

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Image credits: Jon Keith

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Image credits: Alex Hanna

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Image credits: Elisabeth Neda Scott

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Image credits: Hennri Starr

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Image credits: Gowtham Prithvi

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Image credits: Makenzee Jade

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Image credits: David Nields

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Image credits: Stevie Perry

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Image credits: Alanna Marie Fresquez-Apodaca

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Image credits: James Tegan

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Image credits: Alex Hanna

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Image credits: Joe Baum

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Image credits: Charlie Waite

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Image credits: Andrea Lee Pike

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Image credits: Matthew Serowik

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Image credits: Heather Cachat

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Image credits: Elisabeth Neda Scott

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Image credits: Alex Hanna

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Image credits: Margarita Suárez

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Image credits: James Sheppard

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Image credits: Allan Hussein

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Image credits: Keith Manson

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Image credits: Danielle Lawson

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Image credits: John Scott

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Image credits: Cate Hutchinson

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Image credits: Hennri Starr

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Image credits: William Cheney

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Image credits: Stevie Perry

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Image credits: Aleksandra Bilewicz

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Image credits: Tiffany Welsh Stevenson

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Image credits: Bo-James Morey

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Image credits: Diane Ohlzen

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Image credits: S Dharma Teg

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Image credits: Jennifer Hammond

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Image credits: Butcher C. Cazzoti

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Image credits: Jeanne Gehring

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Image credits: Steven Downs

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#65

So I get the shadow, but I'm trying to wrap my mind around the circular rainbow

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Image credits: Christine Nicole Bagley

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Image credits: Steven Downs

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