Pop Culture
This TV show about a high school chemistry teacher turned meth manufacturer stars Bryan Cranston as the infamous Walter White.
What is Breaking Bad?
Known as the powerhouse of the cell, this organelle is responsible for producing the majority of ATP through cellular respiration.
What is the mitochondria?
This law states that the total pressure of a gas mixture is equal to the sum of the partial pressures of each individual gas within the mixture.
What is Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures?
This longest bone in the human body extends from the hip to the knee, supporting much of the body's weight.
What is the femur?
“We don’t talk about…”
What is “Bruno”? (We don’t talk about Bruno from Encanto)
This popular video game, released in 2017 by Epic Games, features a "battle royale" mode where players fight to be the last one standing.
What is Fortnite?
This term describes a system of enzymes that adds a phosphate group to proteins, regulating cellular activities such as signal transduction pathways.
What is a kinase cascade?
This carbocation rearrangement, common in the acid-catalyzed hydration of alkenes, involves the migration of a hydrogen or alkyl group to form a more stable carbocation intermediate.
What is a hydride shift (or alkyl shift)?
This lobe of the brain is primarily responsible for processing visual information.
What is the occipital lobe?
“If you wanna be my lover, you gotta…”
What is “get with my friends”? (Wannabe by Spice Girls)
This 2023 Barbie movie, directed by Greta Gerwig, stars this actress in the lead role.
Who is Margot Robbie?
This molecule is a major signaling messenger that activates protein kinase A (PKA) by binding to its regulatory subunits, thus allowing PKA’s catalytic subunits to phosphorylate target proteins.
What is cyclic AMP (cAMP)?
This theory, which combines principles of quantum mechanics and electrostatics, describes bonding in transition metal complexes by viewing ligands as electron donors and the central metal as an electron acceptor.
What is ligand field theory?
This part of the brain, located just above the spinal cord, controls essential functions like heart rate and breathing.
What is the medulla oblongata?
“You are my fire, the one…”
What is “desire”? (I Want It That Way by Backstreet Boys)
This famous YouTuber recently released his own brand of on-the-go kids’ packed lunches called, Lunchly, following the success of their energy drink brand, Prime.
Who is Logan Paul?
This complex of enzymes, consisting of three enzyme subunits and five coenzymes, catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate to form acetyl-CoA, linking glycolysis to the citric acid cycle.
What is the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex?
This organometallic reagent, crucial in cross-coupling reactions, allows for selective arylation of sp2-hybridized carbons with palladium or nickel catalysts and often uses aryl halides as electrophiles.
What is the Suzuki coupling reagent (boronic acid or boronate ester)?
This cranial bone, located at the lower back of the skull, contains the foramen magnum through which the spinal cord passes.
What is the occipital bone?
“I tried so hard and got so far, but in the end…”
What is “it doesn’t even matter”? (In the End by Linkin Park)
This bizarre viral internet animation series features characters with toilets for heads and combines dance battles with horror elements.
What is Skibidi Toilet?
This process, which occurs in the endoplasmic reticulum, involves the addition of carbohydrate groups to specific amino acids on proteins and is crucial for protein folding and stability.
What is glycosylation?
This type of reaction occurs when an alkyl halide reacts with a nucleophile, replacing the halide with the nucleophile in a single step without carbocation formation.
What is an SN2 reaction?
This small structure, part of the brain, plays a critical role in regulating circadian rhythms and is located just above the brainstem.
What is the pineal gland?
“And I was like, baby, baby, baby, noooo…”
What is “I thought you’d always be mine”? (Baby by Justin Bieber)