Science: when serious names are not enough in mathematics

Listening about math can cause grief and pain. This is a feeling for all the students around the world about mathematics. There is a nursery song that says: mathematics is the science that takes your patience off.

So, is it possible to talk about having fun with names about maths?

Well, yes, let us see some cases.

There are some graphs for mathematical functions with funny names. For example, have you heard about the "popcorn function"?

Science: when serious names are not enough in Biology

Searching for scientific names can be a tired work, especially when several names are needed. Biology is an area which requiere names all the time in order to label new species of living beings in each discovery. So scientists decided to convert this work in a fun task!

How about if you discover a new jellyfish and you are also a fan of the The Big Bang Theory sitcom? Why not name it Bazinga, for example? Well, this is what an Australian research group did using the Sheldon Cooper's favorite phrase to name a new species of jellyfish of the size of a grape.

But this is not the only situation. There are many biologists and fans of other characters and celebrities!

Science: when serious names are not enough in Chemistry

Imagine that you are a scientist involved in researching all day because it is your passion. But what happens when you make a discovery? What kind of names do you choose to name it?

In chemistry we know that the element Helium, for example, was named like that because there is a lot of it present in the sun and we know that other chemical names have a logical origin and explanation, but how about that you got tired of serious names?

Why not call a new protein Pikachurine, for example?

Social network game: STOP way visual collage

Long time ago, when social networks did not exist ... the boys used to play together and not in a virtual way. A popular game was known as STOP.

In these days everything is published in the social networks. Most of the people surf among the posts in a very fast way, sometimes giving likes, sometimes not.

In the social networks, sometimes there are games for a virtual interaction. Some are ingenious, other ones not so much. But how about those ones which seem regular at the beginning and then turn out to be a challenge?

If you dare, for this vacation, build a sequence of images to associate your name and personality with: an element, an animal, a season and a color.

Here you have the image sequence for ERIN.

How is the game?

Real advertisements?

On December 28, a fool’s day is celebrated with fake news in the headlines of Spanish and Latin American newspapers. In England, its former territories, and other European countries, the celebration is April fool’s day, mostly the 1st of April.

Leaving the fake news to the news media, what do you think about finding ads that seem fake? but actually, they are real!

Science: when serious names are not enough in Mathematics

Hearing about mathematics could be a sign of grief and sorrow. Generally around the world, mathematics has been a tortuous topic because since the early grades. In Spanish, there is a song that says: mathematics is the science which breaks your patience…

So how could be funny talk about names in mathematics?

Well, let me tell you about that. There are some mathematical functions with plots that resemble to funny or weird things and had been named in honor of those things.

For example, have you heard about the popcorn function?