Title Text:Obviously battery technology and prices have driven a lot of the scooter explosion, but I feel like Dean Kamen must be at least a little grumpy about how much people laughed at the idea of the Segway. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2188/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2188:_E_Scooters…

Title Text:Ok, well, we’ll be sure to pay you sometime soon, geologically speaking. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2187/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2187:_Geologic_Time 好吧，从地质学上讲，我们很快就会付给你钱的。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2187 解释数十亿年过去的类比通常用于科普解释中，以帮助将这些巨大的时间范围压缩成人类能够理解的东西;足球场比喻就是这样一个类比。地球大约45.4亿年;如果你要提出一个足球场（100码或91米）的地球时间线，那么这个长度的每英寸将包含超过126万年的… Read more

Title Text:To detect dark matter, we just need to build a bird feeder that spins two squirrels around the rim in opposite directions at relativistic speeds and collides them together. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2186/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2186:_Dark_Matter 为了探测暗物质，我们只需要建造一个喂鸟器，让两只松鼠以相对论速度沿相反方向旋转，然后将它们碰撞在一起。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2186 梅根（Megan）和母球（Cueb… Read more

Title Text:The rarest of all clouds is the altocumulenticulostratonimbulocirruslenticulomammanoctilucent cloud, caused by an interaction between warm moist air, cool dry air, cold slippery air, cursed air, and a cloud of nanobots. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2185/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2185:_Cumulonimbus 所有云中最罕见的是高积云，它是由温暖潮湿的空气、凉爽干燥的空气、寒冷潮湿的空气、受诅咒的空气和一团纳米机器人云相互作用而… Read more

Title Text:I wasn’t a big fan of 3 or Salvation, so I’m trying to resist getting my hopes up too much for Dark Fate, but it’s hard. I’m just a sucker for humans and robots traveling through time to try…

Title Text:Someone’s probably working on an eBook app where, if you stop reading right before some plot twist happens, the app will wait a while and then send you a breaking news alert about what’s happening, prompting you to open…

Title Text:[after typing 1,500 words on feathered dinosaurs, paleontology, sexism, lava, and dinosaurs as animals rather than movie monsters] Sorry to cut it short, I’m on my phone. When I’m back at a keyboard, I can give you another 5,000…

Title Text:Rome’s declaration of war against Carthage was sent from a no-reply address, so Hannibal had to cross the Alps to deliver his “UNSUBSCRIBE” response in person. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2181/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2181:_Inbox 罗马对迦太基的宣战是从一个无法回复的地址发出的，因此汉尼拔不得不越过阿尔卑斯山亲自发出他的“取消订阅”的回复。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2181 电子邮件与“蜗牛”邮件… Read more

Title Text:My brother once asked me if there was a function to produce a calendar grid from a list of dates in Google Sheets. I replied with a single-cell formula that took in a list of dates and outputted a…

Title Text:Kind of rude of them to simultaneously issue an EVACUATION – IMMEDIATE alert, a SHELTER IN PLACE alert, and a 911 TELEPHONE OUTAGE alert. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2179/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2179:_NWS_Warnings 他们同时发布了紧急疏散警报、就地避难所警报和911电话故障警报，这有点鲁莽。 http://xkcd.in/comic?lg=cn&id=2179 在美国国家气象局（NWS）是负责与发行全国天气预报和美国联邦机构的极端天气警报。 这部漫画将新创建描绘成一个需… Read more