I cannot believe I have just now discovered the Explain xkcd wiki. Randall Munroe’s xkcd comic about science and technology is wonderful, but my academic background isn’t always sufficient to ...

MinutePhysics teamed up with the Web comic xkcd to explain how to go to space, using just the most common 1,000 words in the English language. The video walks viewers through concepts of gravity and ...

A new class of high school students are about to see lots of snarky stick figures this coming fall. XKCD author Randall Munroe is going to be in some science textbooks. Munroe, author of the popular ...

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Some of the xkcd comics aren’t just funny and interesting; they’re very moving. They deal with deep themes like time and death. Do you think of xkcd as art? You can’t be an expert on absolutely ...