xkcd.com ([syndicated profile] xkcd_feed) wrote2026-02-13 05:00 am
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Bad Map Projection: Zero Declination

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'The zero line in WMM2025 passes through a lot of population centers; I wonder what year the largest share of the population lived in a zone of less than 5° of declination,' he thought, derailing all other tasks for the rest of the day.

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xkcd.com ([syndicated profile] xkcd_feed) wrote2026-02-11 05:00 am
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Installation

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Do YOU remember the skylight being this big?

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xkcd.com ([syndicated profile] xkcd_feed) wrote2026-02-09 05:00 am
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Carbon Dating

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This dating is corroborated by the presence of stone tools at the site, rather than earlier and less effective helium ones.

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xkcd.com ([syndicated profile] xkcd_feed) wrote2026-02-06 05:00 am
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Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs

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Staplers are actually in Pseudosuchia, making them more closely related to crocodiles than to dinosaurs.

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xkcd.com ([syndicated profile] xkcd_feed) wrote2026-02-04 05:00 am
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Binary Star

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The discovery of a fully typographical star system comes with a big asterisk.

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