Now, why didn't we think of that?

This is our favorite type of geekiness—when you take one passion (in this case, chemistry) and combine it perfectly with another passion you possess (character design), mashing them together to create something that is not only visually striking but also creative and educational. Artist Kacie D. beautifully combined her two passions by creating personal illustrations for 112 elements in the periodic table (why she didn’t do the last six? We have no idea). Each illustration depicts the element a…

A critical hit of memes

Get your head in the game

Time stops for no one, not even for the rich and famous. One day you are a teenager goofing around in front of the camera in your parents living room, and the next moment you are one of the richest people on earth. One second you are nervous about taking your yearbook photo and the next you have become a rock and roll legend. It's fun to look back at old pictures of famous people and see them as they were before their life had become something else entirely. A young Barak Obama splashing at the…

Speak meme and enter

I have mixed feelings about Zoom meetings. On the one hand, I love that I can attend work meetings from home in my underwear (with a nice shirt on, of course). It's convenient, saves time, and means I don't have to drive to the office every time the boss shares news that could have been an email. On the other hand, it sometimes feels like all we do now is Zoom meeting after Zoom meeting. It's kind of insane how much time we spend on Zoom calls . However, one way to make these meetings more fun…

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The circle button on my controller is getting worn out from all the dodging I have to do to defeat an L2 boss

The only responsible adult in the wizarding world is Hermione

Tag yourself. I'm the anthropomorphic thumbtack.

There's just something so elegant about these art works by Stephen McMennamy . It's not about complicated photoshop manipulations, It's not about spending hours setting up the perfect shot. It's just about finding two pictures that go perfect together and then combining them into one. There's minimal manipulation to these photos - just one cut to combine them into one single photo that immediately capturers the eye. Don't get me wrong, it's obvious he spends considerable amount of time taking t…

So, Return of the Jedi was released 41 years ago! And that's a bit of a shocker for me because I still vividly remember seeing it in the cinema. Where have the years gone? My parents walked into the cinema with one kid and came out with another— a Star Wars kid . From that moment on, all I could talk about for the next few months were Jedis, Ewoks, spaceships, and the death of Darth Vader. Well, 41 years have passed and I am still very much a Star Wars kid . Even though I can now admit that "Re…

We all know the story of how Newton discovered gravity , right? He was sitting under a tree when an apple fell on his head. The only thing is—that’s not what happened at all! Yes, he was sitting under a tree and thinking about apples falling, but that was while he was developing the theory of gravity. For some reason, probably to make it more appealing to the masses, the story was ‘embellished’ with nicer details to create a better narrative. And what about the Vikings and their famously horned…

My brother had a massive comic book collection—I'm talking thousands of comics. At some point, his collection got so big that my parents dedicated an entire room in the house just for storing it all. I used to spend hours in that room, skimming through different comics, getting to know all the superheroes and their stories, and drooling over the ads for all the things I wanted but knew my parents wouldn't buy me. Every video game, every bicycle, every toy , and every candy—I wanted it all, but…