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Old NewsScience1d ago

Jellyfish: Secret Masters of the Ether, Recharging via Luminescent Vapours!

Scientists baffled as sea-jellies plug directly into the planet's vital electrical humours, a process previously thought lost to antiquity.

By Professor Phileas Foggworthy · London, England
VapoursElectricityVictorian Science
Old NewsScience9d ago

Scientists Confirm: Earworms Are Tiny Electrical Imps Stealing Your Memories!

Forget psychological loops; it's the invisible hum of the ether at work, say leading experts.

By Professor Alistair Finchbottom · London, England
Victorian Sciencememory lossearworm
Old NewsScience16d ago

Invisible Vapours Hold Skyscraper Aloft, New Theory Claims!

Forget steel and concrete, it's the spectral humours that defy gravity.

By Professor Alistair Pumble, FRS (Fellow of Ridiculous Speculation) · London, England
VapoursMiasmaVictorian Science
Science18d ago

Scientists Discover Phantom Limbs Are Actually Tiny, Angry Gremlins Living In Your Head!

These minuscule mischief-makers stage elaborate sensory illusions, mocking amputees with phantom pains and itches!

By Professor Agnes Periwinkle (Retired, and Frankly, Disgusted) · Oxford (Where Standards Have Plummeted)
Victorian Sciencephantom limbgremlins
Old NewsScience29d ago

SCIENTISTS REVEAL ORBITING SATELLITES ARE HELD ALOFT BY ANGRY VICTORIAN GHOST VAPOURS

Experts confirm that heavy metal canisters stay floating because of dense pockets of electrified swamp gas

By Barnaby Pringle-Smythe · Lower Puddleton-on-Sea
MiasmaSatellitesVictorian Science