XKCD has a web cartoon making the rounds that nicely summarizes 22,000 years of climate and human history. One important point: As the last ice age ended and temperatures heated up, humans did better ...

Randall Munroe's webcomic xkcd casts an optimistic eye on the geek lifestyle. * Photo: Courtesy of Adrianne Mathiowetz * A geek with a paper cut does not bleed CH3, and every nerd has a heart lodged ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. What’s the most stupidly ambitious aspect of ‘XKCD: Volume 0,’ the book ...

I believe in charts. A good chart can stick an important fact into your mind and keep it there. And some of the best come from Randall Munroe’s webcomic xkcd. Now you can turn any chart into an xkcd ...

XKCD is (probably) one of the best science-related websites you’ll ever find. The site features a number of amazing comics that deal with physics, astronomy, mathematical concepts, and absolutely ...

A surprising number of projects here are in some way influenced by the webcomic xkcd, but usually not as directly as this. Comic 350, “Network” is the tale of a very odd stickman who keeps multiple ...

I was speaking yesterday to a teacher whose British accent is pronounced when he mentioned Monty Python in passing. “Who doesn’t like Monty Python,” I said. And his sour expression reminded me that ...

What if you took a dip in a nuclear reactor’s storage pool, where discarded fuel is kept for years until it’s not so radioactive anymore? Could you survive? This is the kind of random question Randall ...