British scientists (meme)

In modern Russian culture, "British scientists" (Russian: Британские учёные, Britanskiye uchyonyye) is a running joke used as an ironic reference to absurd news reports about scientific discoveries: "British scientists managed to establish that..." It has also become a Russian internet meme.[1][2][3] A similar joke, "British research" (Chinese: 英國研究, yīngguó yánjiū) exists in Chinese-speaking countries.[4]

  1. ^ James Harkin, "How bumbling British boffins became a standing Russian joke", New Scientist, December 19, 2017.
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  3. ^ "British scientists mocked as 'outlandish and zany' in Siberia", The Siberian Times, July 22, 2012.
  4. ^ novus (2013-10-18). "為什麼又是英國研究" [Why is it British research again?] (in Chinese). PanSci. Retrieved 2021-08-07.