#DistractinglySexy Twitter Meme Takes Off After Scientist Tim Hunt Resigns Over Sexist Comments

Nobel laureate Sir Tim Hunt resigned Wednesday from his post as honorary professor with University College London's Faculty of Life Sciences after comments he made at the World Conference of Science Journalists that were deemed sexist made the rounds in social media. Then, Twitter users did what they do best: mocked him with the trending hashtag #DistractinglySexy. Hunt, 72, a biochemist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2001 for groundbreaking work on cell division.