ErrantScience
@errantscience.com
An account full of daily silly science cartoons
Drawn by @drmceep.bsky.social
Drawn by @drmceep.bsky.social
It's very strange the PPE isn't often available in more sizes or shapes, given how important it is to be right!
September 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It's very strange the PPE isn't often available in more sizes or shapes, given how important it is to be right!
Most training needs repeating annually... it's a perpetual cycle of endlessly clicking through stock images
September 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Most training needs repeating annually... it's a perpetual cycle of endlessly clicking through stock images
Narrator: The draw was never sorted later
September 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Narrator: The draw was never sorted later
More movies should start with "I think we can just score the COSHH a 6 not an 8, what's the worst that can happen."
September 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
More movies should start with "I think we can just score the COSHH a 6 not an 8, what's the worst that can happen."
This is a cartoon we made for someone that cares a great deal about FAIR data
August 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This is a cartoon we made for someone that cares a great deal about FAIR data
They're bad at data analysis because they didn't use a formula with enough superfluous Greek letters
August 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
They're bad at data analysis because they didn't use a formula with enough superfluous Greek letters
While making smarter automatic pipettes no one stops to think should we make smarter automatic pipettes
August 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
While making smarter automatic pipettes no one stops to think should we make smarter automatic pipettes
Every time I post this cartoon it makes me want to watch Date's Peak, the most factually accurate of all volcano movies.... ;)
August 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Every time I post this cartoon it makes me want to watch Date's Peak, the most factually accurate of all volcano movies.... ;)
A lot research went into this cartoon (I once met an oceanographer)
August 23, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A lot research went into this cartoon (I once met an oceanographer)
Research grants take hundreds of hours to write and cause so many sleepless nights, but it’s okay as there are good reasons to write them #academia
August 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Research grants take hundreds of hours to write and cause so many sleepless nights, but it’s okay as there are good reasons to write them #academia
Click chemistry is a term for a class of chemical reactions which join two molecules together. If your chemistry actually 'clicks' put it down slowly and step back!
August 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Click chemistry is a term for a class of chemical reactions which join two molecules together. If your chemistry actually 'clicks' put it down slowly and step back!
Sadly our idea of charging people £7.99 for a blue tick to put on their experimental results didn’t pan out
August 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Sadly our idea of charging people £7.99 for a blue tick to put on their experimental results didn’t pan out
Most frighting lab ‘hack’ I ever saw was someone super gluing up a cracked chloroform bottle. The best is using a cut up rubber glove as a hair tie
August 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Most frighting lab ‘hack’ I ever saw was someone super gluing up a cracked chloroform bottle. The best is using a cut up rubber glove as a hair tie
This is a cartoon we draw a while back for @PhysicsWorld about the similarities of physicists and cats, still feels pretty accurate although I think needs a 5th panel about their love of snacks
August 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This is a cartoon we draw a while back for @PhysicsWorld about the similarities of physicists and cats, still feels pretty accurate although I think needs a 5th panel about their love of snacks
There are plenty of typos in journal papers but this one about cooing powders was just too adorable to not be a cartoon (HT to our discord follower rabbit for pointing this one out). If you've found any others let us know!
August 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
There are plenty of typos in journal papers but this one about cooing powders was just too adorable to not be a cartoon (HT to our discord follower rabbit for pointing this one out). If you've found any others let us know!
I know that I shouldn't have a folder on my computer that is the equivalent of a mouldy dumpster, full of random data. But I do 🗑️
August 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I know that I shouldn't have a folder on my computer that is the equivalent of a mouldy dumpster, full of random data. But I do 🗑️
I think there is a lot of potential for a science-based cover of Barbie Girl by Aqua #Barbie #Chemistry
August 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I think there is a lot of potential for a science-based cover of Barbie Girl by Aqua #Barbie #Chemistry
Beware of people asking for quick favours and their capacity to destroy any work-life-health balance you might have
August 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Beware of people asking for quick favours and their capacity to destroy any work-life-health balance you might have
Everyone gets imposter syndrome at some point. It's not fun and feels terrible but it'll pass #MentalHealth #SelfCare #ImposterSyndrome
August 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Everyone gets imposter syndrome at some point. It's not fun and feels terrible but it'll pass #MentalHealth #SelfCare #ImposterSyndrome
Other books in this series include Lord of the drosophila and Pride and peer review
August 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Other books in this series include Lord of the drosophila and Pride and peer review
If only most scientific equipment was half this compatible
August 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
If only most scientific equipment was half this compatible