Science and humor go surprisingly well together, and scientists love studying it.
For example, scientists have figured out there are big health benefits from laughter, psychologists conducted a huge survey to figure out the funniest joke in the world and why people found it funny, and there's even a Humor Research Lab in Colorado.
We can learn a lot from studying humor, but science also makes a great subject for a lot of jokes.
Here are 31 science-themed jokes and puns and their explanations.
Warning: Some are so cheesy, it's possible only scientists will find them amusing.
Q: Did you hear oxygen went on a date with potassium? A: It went OK.
Explanation: The atomic symbol for oxygen and potassium are "O" and "K," respectively. They get together they spell OK. Find the joke here.
If the Silver Surfer and Iron Man team up, they'd be alloys.
Explanation: In chemistry, an alloy is a mixture of metals. Silver and Iron are both metals, so if these guys teamed up they wouldn't just be allies, they would be alloys too. Find the joke here.
The optimist sees the glass half full. The pessimist sees the glass half empty. The chemist sees the glass completely full, half with liquid and half with air.
Explanation: The glass is always completely full of something, be it a solid, liquid, or gas — unless the entire thing is in a vacuum and all the atoms are removed. Find the joke here.
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