*Futurama* premiered in 1999 as a sci-fi animated comedy created by Matt Groening, the mind behind *The Simpsons.* Set in the 31st century, it follows the adventures of a quirky delivery crew traveling through space. What made *Futurama* stand out wasn’t just its hilarious storytelling but its astonishing attention to real science and math. Its writers’ room was once called “the most overeducated in cartoon history,” featuring 3 Ph.D.s, 7 master’s degrees, and more than 50 years of combined Harv