Title Text:People keep trying to come up with reasons that we should worry about the magnetic field collapsing or reversing, but honestly I think it’s fine. Whatever minor problems it causes will be made up for by the mid-latitude auroras.…
Title Text:CORRECTION: After careful evaluation, we have determined that the axis label on this chart was printed backward. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2097/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2097:_Thor_Tools 雷神的武器 更正:经过仔细评估后，我们确定此图表上的轴标确实是向后的。 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/tqox5xPejqqhs9tP2_Rn0A 在北欧神话中，雷神是一个雷电之神的名字。他的标志性武器是一把叫做Mj枚lnir的魔锤。在流行文化中，托尔可能因其在漫威漫画和电影中的角色而闻名，他… Read more
Title Text:It has so many advantages–it preserves Martian life, requires fewer interplanetary launches, and makes it much easier to field-test Mars rovers.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/2095/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2095:_Marsiforming 火星化 好處很多，這樣可以保存火星生物，不用發射這麼多星際太空船，實地測試火星漫遊車也變得很簡單。 https://xkcd.tw/2095 Terraforming是（迄今为止唯一建议的）改变行星的过程，通常是为了让它更适合人类或其他地… Read more
Title Text:The biggest jump is at 11:00am EST (4:00pm UTC) when midnight reaches the UTC+8 time zone. That time zone, which includes China, is home to a quarter of the world’s population. India and Sri Lanka (UTC+5:30) put us over…
Title Text:My pet theory is that in real life, the kid at the beginning of Jurassic Park who made fun of the ‘six-foot turkey’ never got a talking-to from Dr. Grant, and grew up to produce several of the movie’s…
Title Text:It turns out that saying “Oh, so THAT’S why they call it Boxing Day” is a good way to get punched a second time. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2089/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2089:_Christmas_Eve_Eve 平安夜 事实证明，告诉他们这天还叫节礼日是一个让你第二次被揍的好方法。 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/32GyLesfOp1ruTQdYMddSA 今年的圣诞漫画于2018年12月24日，2018年圣诞节前夕发布。 特殊日子（例如假日）之前的晚上或前一天通常被… Read more
Title Text:Cats can be smaller than the critical limit, but they’re unobservable. If one shrinks enough that it crosses the limit, it just appears to get cuter and cuter as it slowly fades from view. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2088/ 貓咪的體型可以小於臨界限制，但它們無法被觀察。如果一隻貓縮小後跨過臨界門檻，它看起來會不斷地越來越可愛，並逐漸消逝在視野之中。 https://xkcd.tw/2088 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2088:_Schwarzschild%27s_… Read…
Title Text:And let’s be honest, it’s more like two and a half stars. Proxima is barely a star and barely bound to the system.< Origin:https://xkcd.com/2079/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2079:_Alpha_Centauri 半人馬座α 好吧，坦白說只能算兩顆半。比鄰星不太能算是恆星，而且也不見得能算在這個系統裡面。 https://xkcd.tw/2079 半人马座阿尔法星是我们太阳系最近的恒星系统，距离我们4.37光年。因此，有许多正在进行的计划和项目，以及探索星系，特别是因为系外行星Proxima Ce… Read more
Title Text:When I was a kid, someone told me the end of The Giver was ambiguous, which surprised me. I had just assumed Jonah died–because the book had a medal on the cover, and I knew grown-ups liked stories where…
Title Text:This is my four-digit PIN. It was passed down to me by my father, and someday I will pass it on to you. Unless we figure out how to update it, but that sounds complicated. Origin:https://xkcd.com/2075/ https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2075:_Update_Your_Address 住址 你瞧，这是账户的四位pin码，当年我的父亲传给我的，总有一天，我也会把它传给你，除非我们搞懂怎么更新它；据说更新起来相当的麻烦。…
