Overheard at C&EN
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A curated selection of out-of-context nonsense spoken and Slacked by the newsroom of scientists and science-adjacent punks at @cenmag.bsky.social. Any views expressed are those of a couple of chaos muppets on the science team, not our employer.
A group of three men in a room is called a podcast
What an embarrassing gender
What an embarrassing gender
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A group of three men in a room is called a podcast
What an embarrassing gender
What an embarrassing gender
Even the baby natures?
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Even the baby natures?
He had the biggest thermos bottle I've ever seen - not counting a liquid nitrogen dewar, which is just a big thermos bottle
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
He had the biggest thermos bottle I've ever seen - not counting a liquid nitrogen dewar, which is just a big thermos bottle
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Looking for a fun read? For the December #Newscripts in @cenmag.bsky.social, Fionna Samuels (@fmorningstar.bsky.social) took a look at the chemistry of two pop culture moments from the past year: An exoplosive scene in 20 Years Later and the GBBO sugar dome disaster
cen.acs.org/education/sc...
cen.acs.org/education/sc...
Molecular moments in pop culture
Chemical quibbles with explosions and sugar domes
cen.acs.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Looking for a fun read? For the December #Newscripts in @cenmag.bsky.social, Fionna Samuels (@fmorningstar.bsky.social) took a look at the chemistry of two pop culture moments from the past year: An exoplosive scene in 20 Years Later and the GBBO sugar dome disaster
cen.acs.org/education/sc...
cen.acs.org/education/sc...
You're often a chipmunk or robot
December 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
You're often a chipmunk or robot
Pumpkin spice battery
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Pumpkin spice battery
i haven't heard anything about chemistry for the past five minutes
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
i haven't heard anything about chemistry for the past five minutes
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It's that time again: C&EN's molecule of the year poll is now open! Vote for your favorite molecule of 2025: cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It's that time again: C&EN's molecule of the year poll is now open! Vote for your favorite molecule of 2025: cen.acs.org/synthesis/Mo...
#chemsky 🧪
#chemsky 🧪
I will leave you to your hermit typing
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I will leave you to your hermit typing
Epic handshake meme between "SEO folks" and "chemists" with "obsessing over optimizing organics" in the middle
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Epic handshake meme between "SEO folks" and "chemists" with "obsessing over optimizing organics" in the middle
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We're getting to the end of 2025, so why not: We made a bracket. VOTE on our best science photos. These scientists ... man, are they doin' some wild stuff! #CENChempics @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/education/sc...
Our first-ever Chempics Bracket is here. Vote for your favorite science photo
Only one photo will emerge victorious
cen.acs.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We're getting to the end of 2025, so why not: We made a bracket. VOTE on our best science photos. These scientists ... man, are they doin' some wild stuff! #CENChempics @cenmag.bsky.social cen.acs.org/education/sc...
We have a love-hate relationship with paint
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We have a love-hate relationship with paint
The superpower is endotoxins
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The superpower is endotoxins
Disagree. The Canada goose is the most disturbing of the birds.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Disagree. The Canada goose is the most disturbing of the birds.
that's a bitchin' molecule
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
that's a bitchin' molecule
I love a coup. Sounds fun.
November 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I love a coup. Sounds fun.
i collect libraries like infinity stones
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
i collect libraries like infinity stones
Pickle Elvis accepts you
October 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Pickle Elvis accepts you
I was born with low RAM
October 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I was born with low RAM
Unfortunately, the excellence of the bit does not reduce the necessary development hours
October 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Unfortunately, the excellence of the bit does not reduce the necessary development hours
Do people call Omar Yaghi MOFman?
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Do people call Omar Yaghi MOFman?
This is my stupid internet
October 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This is my stupid internet
All bears look sort of like people in bear suits. But sun bears look like something went wrong at the bear suit factory
October 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
All bears look sort of like people in bear suits. But sun bears look like something went wrong at the bear suit factory
i love you ridiculous protein names
October 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
i love you ridiculous protein names