xkcd

06 February 2026 20:25

'Staplers are actually in Pseudosuchia, making them more closely related to crocodiles than to dinosaurs.'

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05 February 2026 05:40

'The discovery of a fully typographical star system comes with a big asterisk.'

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02 February 2026 17:05

'Originally, the ceremony used a variety of rodents and mustelids, but over time most people agreed it made sense to standardize on a specific individual ground squirrel in Pennsylvania.'

xkcd

30 January 2026 18:35

'There's also a proof without content of a conjecture without content, but it's left as an exercise for the reader.'

xkcd

28 January 2026 21:05

'Some of the atoms in the molecule are very weakly bound.'

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27 January 2026 01:10

''Ugh, I'm never going to be like spiders. My descendants will all just be normal arthropods who mind their own busines and don't do anything weird.' --The ancestor of a bunch of eusocial insects'

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24 January 2026 02:50

''Oh, and can I borrow 50 sacks of loose flour, a pile of lithium-ion batteries, a bucket of bleach, and a bucket of vinega--' 'NO!!!!!!''

xkcd

21 January 2026 23:45

'Unfortunately, my scheme to trick NASA has now taken over a decade longer than planned and has run way over budget.'

xkcd

20 January 2026 03:30

'I've had countless nights where the line never left the bottom zone of the graph, but the few moments where it's climbed all the way to the top have made up for them all.'

xkcd

16 January 2026 15:50

'Welcome to the International Space Station Exclamation Point!'

xkcd

14 January 2026 20:50

'Some surfaces may seem difficult to glue. But if you research the materials, find tables of what adhesives work on them, and prepare your surfaces carefully, you can fail to glue them in a fun NEW way that fills your house with dangerous vapors.'

xkcd

13 January 2026 05:50

'I wanted to make the world's fastest yawl, so I made the aft sail bigger, but apparently that means it's not a yawl anymore! It's a real ketch-22.'

xkcd

10 January 2026 06:10

'We're going to need to modify the surface to mount it on the test stand. Which ocean basin do you like the least?'

xkcd

07 January 2026 20:45

'It's important to teach yourself to feel responsible for random events, because with great responsibility comes great power. That's what my wise Uncle Ben told me right before he died; he might still be alive today if only I'd said rabbit rabbit that year!'

xkcd

06 January 2026 04:10

'Some people argue that the tension and compression in the human skeleton is technically tensegrity, but it's missing the defining characteristic: making people say 'wtf, how is that thing floating?' when they see it.'

xkcd

06 February 2026 20:25

3204. "Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs"

xkcd

05 February 2026 05:40

3203. "Binary Star"

xkcd

02 February 2026 17:05

3202. "Groundhog Day Meaning"

xkcd

30 January 2026 18:35

3201. "Proof Without Content"

xkcd

28 January 2026 21:05

3200. "Chemical Formula"

xkcd

27 January 2026 01:10

3199. "Early Arthropods"

xkcd

24 January 2026 02:50

3198. "Double-Pronged Extension Cord"

xkcd

21 January 2026 23:45

3197. "Cost Savings"

xkcd

20 January 2026 03:30

3196. "Aurora Coolness"

xkcd

16 January 2026 15:50

3195. "International Station"

xkcd

14 January 2026 20:50

3194. "16 Part Epoxy"

xkcd

13 January 2026 05:50

3193. "Sailing Rigs"

xkcd

10 January 2026 06:10

3192. "Planetary Alignment"

xkcd

07 January 2026 20:45

3191. "Superstition"

xkcd

06 January 2026 04:10

3190. "Tensegrity"