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Side Effect

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18 June 2026 at 19:00

Brace yourself--the chirp gets pretty weird.

Messi

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16 June 2026 at 19:00

Commentators agree that this will probably be the last World Cup in which Messi faces serious competition.

Tethys

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14 June 2026 at 19:00

In order to carry the necessary crafting supplies, they built the ships at 12:1 scale.

Plate Flip

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11 June 2026 at 19:00

It's great for exfoliating your skin, bones, houses, cities, landscape, etc.

Beam Pipe

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9 June 2026 at 19:00

'If you keep trying to spray your collaborators with the beam when they're not looking, I'm turning off the ion source and NO one will get to play with the beam!' --Physics's mom

Nostalgia Content

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7 June 2026 at 19:00

Gen-Z got a chunk of the Carboniferous, and now all their memes are about how pathetic and small today's dragonflies are.

Planetary Science

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4 June 2026 at 19:00

The research was overseen by the Institutional Review Board, which is what I named my surfboard.

Detector

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2 June 2026 at 19:00

No other experiment has a lower false negative rate.

Sunbeam

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31 May 2026 at 19:00

While weather control is typically thought of as a superpower, the unconscious ability of astronomers and astrophotographers to summon clouds is more properly classified as a curse.

Ancestral Genomes

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28 May 2026 at 19:00

SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH: No further research is needed as it is frankly none of our business.

Time Machine Conversation

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26 May 2026 at 19:00

It's possible to do sea navigation without a compass, but you'll have to get some spoilers from the Polynesians.

Flag Design

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24 May 2026 at 19:00

Every place has a local cryptid; more places need a local Pictish Beast, a creature in historical art that's drawn so weirdly that no one can tell what animal it's supposed to be.

Neutrino Project

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21 May 2026 at 19:00

We definitely put the pool in a mine for shielding. It was absolutely not to hide it from the funding people.

182.8 Meters

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19 May 2026 at 19:00

They rounded down to 182.8 instead of rounding up to 182.9 because 182.9 might make the statement incorrect.

Particle Census

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17 May 2026 at 19:00

Remember, your answers to the physics census are confidential; we will not be issuing Pauli exclusion principle citations.

Speedrun

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14 May 2026 at 19:00

Usain Bolt holds the world record in the 100 meter speedrun.

Results Age

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12 May 2026 at 19:00

Please, we need your help. Our research suggests you're the last living descendant of the person who knew how to format this config file.

Pullback Drive

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10 May 2026 at 19:00

"How does the spring not run out almost immediately?" "We pull it back REALLY far."

Crystal Gazing

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7 May 2026 at 19:00

'Beyond that lies a vale of fire through which my vision cannot penetrate' is the kind of fun thing geologists, heliophysicists, and early universe cosmologists have a lot of opportunities to say.

Aperiodic Table

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5 May 2026 at 19:00

Scientists occasionally invent alternative periodic table layouts, which is usually a sign that they don't have enough enrichment in their enclosures.