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.James Harkin (podcaster), James Harkin"How bumbling British boffins became a standing Russian joke" ''New Scientist'', December 19, 2017."British scientists mocked as 'outlandish and zany' in Siberia"
''The Siberian Times'', July 22, 2012. A similar joke, "British research" ( zh, 英國研究, ''yīngguó yánjiū'') exists in Chinese-speaking countries.

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