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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
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
Detector
https://xkcd.com/3254/
No other experiment has a lower false negative rate.
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3254
Flag Design
https://xkcd.com/3250/
Every place has a local cryptid; more places need a local Pictish Beast, a creature in historical art that's drawn so weirdly that no one can tell what animal it's supposed to be.
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3250
182.8 Meters
https://xkcd.com/3248/
They rounded down to 182.8 instead of rounding up to 182.9 because 182.9 might make the statement incorrect.
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3248
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
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
Particle Census
https://xkcd.com/3247/
Remember, your answers to the physics census are confidential; we will not be issuing Pauli exclusion principle citations.
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3247
Neutrino Project
https://xkcd.com/3249/
We definitely put the pool in a mine for shielding. It was absolutely not to hide it from the funding people.
Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3249
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
