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xkcd #3255: Planetary Science

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The research was overseen by the Institutional Review Board, which is what I named my surfboard.

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xkcd #3254: Detector

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No other experiment has a lower false negative rate.

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xkcd #3253: Sunbeam

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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.

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xkcd #3252: Ancestral Genomes

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SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH: No further research is needed as it is frankly none of our business.

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xkcd #3251: Time Machine Conversation

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It's possible to do sea navigation without a compass, but you'll have to get some spoilers from the Polynesians.

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xkcd #3250: Flag Design

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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.

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xkcd #3249: Neutrino Project

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We definitely put the pool in a mine for shielding. It was absolutely not to hide it from the funding people.

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xkcd #3248: 182.8 Meters

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They rounded down to 182.8 instead of rounding up to 182.9 because 182.9 might make the statement incorrect.

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xkcd #3247: Particle Census

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Remember, your answers to the physics census are confidential; we will not be issuing Pauli exclusion principle citations.

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xkcd #3246: Speedrun

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Usain Bolt holds the world record in the 100 meter speedrun.

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xkcd #3245: Results Age

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Please, we need your help. Our research suggests you're the last living descendant of the person who knew how to format this config file.

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xkcd #3244: Pullback Drive

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"How does the spring not run out almost immediately?" "We pull it back REALLY far."

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