Category
page 1Humour in science

Ig Nobel Prize
satiric science award
dihydrogen monoxide parody
hoax where water is presented by an uncommon name
spherical cow
character of a humorous metaphor for highly simplified scientific models of complex real life phenomena
F. D. C. Willard
cat, described by his owner Ph.D. Jack H. Hetherington as a United States-based scientist and co-author of works on cryogenics
Umma gumma
species of damselfly
Aha ha
species of insect

What If?
2014 non-fiction book by Randall Munroe
Continental drip
Humorous geographical observation
The unsuccessful self-treatment of a case of "writer's block"
humorous academic article published in 1974
parody science
spoof of scientific writing or practice
Han solo
species of trilobite
Ba humbugi
species of mollusc