Educational Annotations

Some of the comics have (more or less) informative annotations on a variety of topics. This is a list of the more educational ones, sorted by subject tags. Some annotations are listed under multiple subjects.

Comics tagged: biology

• 433 - Square-cube law; giant animals
• 662 - DNA structure; molecular bases
• 949 - Creationism; evolution; scientific theories
• 1000 - Four humours; bile
• 1086 - DNA; environmental influence on DNA expression
• 1180 - Trepanation
• 1278 - Monkeys versus apes; paraphyletic classification; the nature of humour
• 1334 - Reptiles; paraphyletic groups; birds as reptiles
• 1469 - The Human Genome Project
• 1621 - Vitamin D; rickets
• 1677 - Grass; biogeography; simulating prehistory
• 2023 - Tea
• 2134 - Bacteria on the Moon
• 2249 - Tree hydration
• 2448 - Charles Darwin
• 2486 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek
• 2497 - Flesh-eating bacteria
• 2593 - Thagomizer
• 2601 - Dinosaurs and geological time
• 2610 - Staphylococcus aureus
• 2699 - Paradox frog
• 2740 - Cuttlefish
• 2794 - Life on Mars
• 2799 - Allosaurus size
• 2807 - Endothermism in dinosaurs
• 2814 - Capybaras; extinct giant rodents
• 3007 - Sealpoint colouring; tyrosinase enzyme heat sensitivity
• 3100 - Galapagos tortoises; Lonesome George
• 3203 - Circulatory system; series of tubes; analogies
• 3237 - Cells
• 3249 - Fruit
• 3254 - Flowers
• 3258 - Human visual system; colour vision
• 3302 - Birds
• 3314 - Retinal defects
• 3330 - Natural camouflage
• 3331 - Eye scans
• 3332 - Greatest discoveries of science
• 3367 - Nematodes; bacteria
• 3370 - Ponds; pond life
• 3376 - Diversity of animal life; animal phyla
• 3415 - Varroa mites
• 3489 - Cuckoo bees
• 3522 - Arachnids
• 3661 - Existential risk
• 4028 - Precursor race in Star Trek
• 4044 - Turnips; the Triangle of U Brassica species complex
• 4100 - Warming effect of alcohol
• 4108 - Edibility of leather
• 4182 - Monsters versus animals
• 4198 - Changing flavour preferences with age
• 4210 - Bird feeding in different countries
• 4435 - Metabolism of alcohol
• 4459 - Sea-Monkeys; X-Ray Specs
• 4507 - Mesopic vision and the Purkinje effect
• 4674 - Parthenogenesis
• 4826 - Sarlacc digestive system

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