xkcd

05 August 2026 23:20

'The family lore was that we've had it ever since it was ejected from a star-forming gas cloud, but it seems more likely that my great-grandparents probably just bought it while on vacation in the galactic thin disk.'

xkcd

03 August 2026 22:30

'As a side effect of the research, mice are now the only known animals other than humans to have developed a Backrooms mythology.'

xkcd

31 July 2026 17:15

'Wind stress? Don't be silly. When has wind stress ever been a problem for a suspension bridge?'

xkcd

29 July 2026 21:10

''Spurious signals from the kitchen' is harder for an optical telescope than a radio one, but with enough determination and creativity, I believe it's possible.'

xkcd

27 July 2026 19:05

'I NOTATION POLISH REVERSE ❤️'

xkcd

25 July 2026 01:20

'As if the americium smoke detector incident wasn't enough, now nuclear regulators have ANOTHER reason to worry about the Boy Scouts.'

xkcd

22 July 2026 17:50

'We would like to once again apologize to Dr. Jones for last year's mistaken announcement. We should really have double-checked the envelope for this award in particular.'

xkcd

20 July 2026 18:10

'Most coffee shops have a descendant of Sophia of Hanover on staff for this, but just as I was about to ask for help, a previously unknown heir of Uther Pendragon who was ordering a muffin tripped on my laptop cord.'

xkcd

17 July 2026 22:00

'NGS and IERS are complaining that they left CLEAR instructions to set the washing machine to WGS84 (G2296) instead of WGS84 (G730).'

xkcd

16 July 2026 03:20

'All discussions of daylight saving time policy are doomed by a mix of contradictory, inconsistent, and impossible preferences, which is why I think the only thing we can really hope to do is to make it worse.'

xkcd

14 July 2026 04:55

'Once we've fully explored this space, we can start varying the number of princesses.'

xkcd

11 July 2026 02:50

'We have two 'in case of fire, break glass' boxes, which you pick between based on how big of a problem the fire is. One has an extinguisher, and one has sticks, marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate.'

xkcd

08 July 2026 21:45

'Although it was a setback for physics, I'm glad the particle naming rights issue led to the cancelation of Pizza Hut's Superconducting Super Collider in the early 90s, so the Double Stuffed Extra Cheese Topping Quark ended up just being named 'top quark.''

xkcd

07 July 2026 01:15

'The arbiter gave my knight a red card for capturing with cleats up :('

xkcd

04 July 2026 05:05

'I hate the unearthly sound my phone makes when the weather service issues a tornado harbinger.'

xkcd

05 August 2026 23:20

3281. "Antiques Roadshow"

xkcd

03 August 2026 22:30

3280. "Maze"

xkcd

31 July 2026 17:15

3279. "Main Span"

xkcd

29 July 2026 21:10

3278. "Vera Rubin Observatory"

xkcd

27 July 2026 19:05

3277. "Forth"

xkcd

25 July 2026 01:20

3276. "Recursive Trucker's Hitch"

xkcd

22 July 2026 17:50

3275. "Calibration Nobel"

xkcd

20 July 2026 18:10

3274. "Arthurian Connector"

xkcd

17 July 2026 22:00

3273. "Latitude and Longitude"

xkcd

16 July 2026 03:20

3272. "Time Change"

xkcd

14 July 2026 04:55

3271. "The Princess and the Pea"

xkcd

11 July 2026 02:50

3270. "Toasting Marshmallows"

xkcd

08 July 2026 21:45

3269. "Airport Meeting"

xkcd

07 July 2026 01:15

3268. "Offside"

xkcd

04 July 2026 05:05

3267. "Types of Tornado Alert"