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xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· 8d

Maze https://xkcd.com/3280/ As a side effect of the research, mice are now the only known animals other than humans to have developed a Backrooms mythology. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3280

As a side effect of the research, mice are now the only known animals other than humans to have developed a Backrooms mythology.

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· 11d

Main Span https://xkcd.com/3279/ Wind stress? Don't be silly. When has wind stress ever been a problem for a suspension bridge? Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3279

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· 13d

Vera Rubin Observatory https://xkcd.com/3278/ 'Spurious signals from the kitchen' is harder for an optical telescope than a radio one, but with enough determination and creativity, I believe it's possible. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3278

'Spurious signals from the kitchen' is harder for an optical telescope than a radio one, but with enough determination and creativity, I believe it's possible.

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· 15d

Forth https://xkcd.com/3277/ I NOTATION POLISH REVERSE ❤️ Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3277

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· 18d

Recursive Trucker's Hitch https://xkcd.com/3276/ As if the americium smoke detector incident wasn't enough, now nuclear regulators have ANOTHER reason to worry about the Boy Scouts. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3276

As if the americium smoke detector incident wasn't enough, now nuclear regulators have ANOTHER reason to worry about the Boy Scouts.

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· 20d

Calibration Nobel https://xkcd.com/3275/ We would like to once again apologize to Dr. Jones for last year's mistaken announcement. We should really have double-checked the envelope for this award in particular. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3275

We would like to once again apologize to Dr. Jones for last year's mistaken announcement. We should really have double-checked the envelope for this award in particular.

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· 22d

Arthurian Connector https://xkcd.com/3274/ (alt-text too long for a BlueSky message, see image alt-text instead) Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3274

Most coffee shops have a descendant of Sophia of Hanover on staff for this, but just as I was about to ask for help, a previously unknown heir of Uther Pendragon who was ordering a muffin tripped on my laptop cord.

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· 25d

Latitude and Longitude https://xkcd.com/3273/ NGS and IERS are complaining that they left CLEAR instructions to set the washing machine to WGS84 (G2296) instead of WGS84 (G730). Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3273

NGS and IERS are complaining that they left CLEAR instructions to set the washing machine to WGS84 (G2296) instead of WGS84 (G730).

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· 27d

Time Change https://xkcd.com/3272/ (alt-text too long for a BlueSky message, see image alt-text instead) Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3272

All discussions of daylight saving time policy are doomed by a mix of contradictory, inconsistent, and impossible preferences, which is why I think the only thing we can really hope to do is to make it worse.

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· 29d

The Princess and the Pea https://xkcd.com/3271/ Once we've fully explored this space, we can start varying the number of princesses. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3271

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jul 11

Toasting Marshmallows https://xkcd.com/3270/ (alt-text too long for a BlueSky message, see image alt-text instead) Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3270

We have two 'in case of fire, break glass' boxes, which you pick between based on how big of a problem the fire is. One has an extinguisher, and one has sticks, marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate.

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jul 8

Airport Meeting https://xkcd.com/3269/ (alt-text too long for a BlueSky message, see image alt-text instead) Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3269

Although it was a setback for physics, I'm glad the particle naming rights issue led to the cancelation of Pizza Hut's Superconducting Super Collider in the early 90s, so the Double Stuffed Extra Cheese Topping Quark ended up just being named 'top quark.'

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jul 6

Offside https://xkcd.com/3268/ The arbiter gave my knight a red card for capturing with cleats up :( Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3268

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jul 4

Types of Tornado Alert https://xkcd.com/3267/ I hate the unearthly sound my phone makes when the weather service issues a tornado harbinger. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3267

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jul 2

Holes https://xkcd.com/3266/ If you're thinking 'Wait, a giant crystal cave in Mexico? What's that?' then I'm SO excited for the image search you're about to do. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3266

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jun 29

Asteroid Threat https://xkcd.com/3265/ Paleontologists have long worried that the dinosaurs blasted into space 66 million years ago will one day complete their orbits and fall back down. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3265

Paleontologists have long worried that the dinosaurs blasted into space 66 million years ago will one day complete their orbits and fall back down.

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jun 27

720 Ollie https://xkcd.com/3264/ This discovery was key to his demonstration of regular/goofy symmetry violation, which won him gold in the theory portion of the X Games. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3264

This discovery was key to his demonstration of regular/goofy symmetry violation, which won him gold in the theory portion of the X Games.

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jun 25

Baryon Asymmetry https://xkcd.com/3263/ Wait, what do you mean, 'dark matter'? It's not dark, it interacts with high-energy gamma rays ... right? Oh jeez, did I forget to make it interact? Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3263

Wait, what do you mean, 'dark matter'? It's not dark, it interacts with high-energy gamma rays ... right? Oh jeez, did I forget to make it interact?

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jun 23

Sports Commentary https://xkcd.com/3262/ The plural of anecdote may not be data, but the singular of data is anecdote. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3262

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jun 20

Side Effect https://xkcd.com/3261/ Brace yourself--the chirp gets pretty weird. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3261

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jun 17

Messi https://xkcd.com/3260/ Commentators agree that this will probably be the last World Cup in which Messi faces serious competition. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3260

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jun 15

Tethys https://xkcd.com/3259/ In order to carry the necessary crafting supplies, they built the ships at 12:1 scale. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3259

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jun 12

Plate Flip https://xkcd.com/3258/ It's great for exfoliating your skin, bones, houses, cities, landscape, etc. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3258

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jun 11

Beam Pipe https://xkcd.com/3257/ 'If you keep trying to spray your collaborators with the beam when they're not looking, I'm turning off the ion source and NO one will get to play with the beam!' --Physics's mom Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3257

'If you keep trying to spray your collaborators with the beam when they're not looking, I'm turning off the ion source and NO one will get to play with the beam!' --Physics's mom

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jun 8

Nostalgia Content https://xkcd.com/3256/ Gen-Z got a chunk of the Carboniferous, and now all their memes are about how pathetic and small today's dragonflies are. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3256

Gen-Z got a chunk of the Carboniferous, and now all their memes are about how pathetic and small today's dragonflies are.

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jun 5

Planetary Science https://xkcd.com/3255/ The research was overseen by the Institutional Review Board, which is what I named my surfboard. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3255

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jun 3

Detector https://xkcd.com/3254/ No other experiment has a lower false negative rate. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3254

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· Jun 1

Sunbeam https://xkcd.com/3253/ While weather control is typically thought of as a superpower, the unconscious ability of astronomers and astrophotographers to summon clouds is more properly classified as a curse. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3253

While weather control is typically thought of as a superpower, the unconscious ability of astronomers and astrophotographers to summon clouds is more properly classified as a curse.

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· May 29

Ancestral Genomes https://xkcd.com/3252/ SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH: No further research is needed as it is frankly none of our business. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3252

xkcd Bot@xkcd-bot· May 27

Time Machine Conversation https://xkcd.com/3251/ It's possible to do sea navigation without a compass, but you'll have to get some spoilers from the Polynesians. Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3251