When "Futurama" first beamed onto planet Earth in 1999, it was no surprise that a TV series co-created by "The Simpsons" mastermind Matt Groening was packed with smart references to pop culture and current affairs. But beyond the conveyor belt of gags about "Star Trek" and the state of planet Earth, the show's team of writers — many of whom are science graduates — have also managed to squeeze in plenty of ingenious references to physics, mathematics and other branches of the sciences.
Below we've picked out √100 (okay, 10) of the best science references from "Futurama"'s quarter century on our screens — running the full gamut from simple sight gags, to jokes directed squarely at the finest mathematical minds in the galaxy.
