The International Astronomical Union has named an...  ...as named an asteroid after former NASA roboticist Randall Munroe of xkcd. The new name 4942 Munroe is a vast improvement over its pre-name designati...  ...over its pre-name designation of (4942) 1987 DU6. Munroe wrote ab...

The trick of attracting insects by resembling inse...  ...h specialization. This is not the first time that Randall Munroe

I was thinking about this just the other day. I de...  ...thing to do would be to say nothing at all, then Randall Munroe of xkcd went and ruined it. Link

According to the 1991 movie Terminator 2: Judgement Day, August 29th is the day Skynet becomes self-aware. The quote:The Terminator: The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line August 4th, 1997. Human deci...

Typing a random word into the Google search field...  ...autocomplete suggestions is always an adventure. Randall Munroe obviously entered "why" and received an embarrass...

Quite a few companies have regretted their decision to promote something-or-other by offering to select a name by internet poll. However, the suggestions for exoplanets shown in the latest xkcd panel are awesome. I Like...

At its height in the early Twentieth Century, the...  ...said that the sun never sets on it? According to Randall Munroe of xkcd, yes.The biggest daylight coverage is pro...  ...itish Empire. Link(Images: Probert Encyclopedia, Randall Munroe )

The distance to the stars is often explained by how long it takes light to travel to us from them. That works in the other direction, too. Today's xkcd panel gives us another way to visualize those distances by showing h...

Randall Munroe , the cartoonist behind xkcd and a profoundly brai...

When you explain complicated concepts to an extraterrestrial, or a time-traveler, or a child with no frame of reference, you must boil the idea down to its simplest elements. But sometimes doing that reveals that the con...