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#xkcd No. 3035
Date: 2025-1-8
Title: Trimix
Alt text: You don't want the nitrogen percentage to be too high or you run the risk of eutrophication.
https://xkcd.com/3035/

#xkcd No. 3037
Date: 2025-1-13
Title: Radon
Alt text: A good ²³⁸Umbrella policy should cover it.
https://xkcd.com/3037/

#xkcd No. 3029
Date: 2024-12-25
Title: Sun Avoidance
Alt text: C'mon, ESA Solar Orbiter team, just give the Parker probe a LITTLE nudge at aphelion. Crash it into the sun. Fulfill the dream of Icarus. It is your destiny.
https://xkcd.com/3029/

#xkcd No. 3041
Date: 2025-1-22
Title: Unit Circle
Alt text: They're continuing to search for a square with the same area as the circle, as efforts to construct one have run into difficulties.
https://xkcd.com/3041/

#xkcd No. 3038
Date: 2025-1-15
Title: Uncanceled Units
Alt text: Speed limit c arcminutes^2 per steradian
https://xkcd.com/3038/

#xkcd No. 3039
Date: 2025-1-17
Title: Human Altitude
Alt text: I wonder what surviving human held the record before balloons (excluding edge cases like jumping gaps on a mountain bridge). Probably it was someone falling from a cliff into snow or water, but maybe it involved something weird like a gunpowder explosion or volcano.
https://xkcd.com/3039/

#xkcd No. 3030
Date: 2024-12-27
Title: Lasering Incidents
Alt text: I still don't know how the police found my compound where I ran an illegal searchlight depot/covert blimp airfield/fireworks testing range.
https://xkcd.com/3030/

#xkcd No. 3043
Date: 2025-1-27
Title: Muons
Alt text: Update: I've been banned from the physics department for the way I pronounce "Doppler effect."
https://xkcd.com/3043/

#xkcd No. 3053
Date: 2025-2-19
Title: KM3NeT
Alt text: Unfortunately, KM3NeT led to the discovery of the Pauli anglerfish, which emits Cherenkov radiation to prey on neutrino researchers.
https://xkcd.com/3053/

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#xkcd No. 3066
Date: 2025-3-21
Title: Cosmic Distance Calibration
Alt text: This is the biggest breakthrough since astronomers noticed that the little crosshairs around red giant stars starting to burn helium are all the same size.
https://xkcd.com/3066/

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#xkcd No. 3044
Date: 2025-1-29
Title: Humidifier Review
Alt text: They should add a little sticker that certifies that the humidifier supports water conservation, but in the sense of energy conservation or momentum conservation.
https://xkcd.com/3044/

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#xkcd No. 3045
Date: 2025-1-31
Title: AlphaMove
Alt text: It struggles a little with complex positions, like when there are an even number of moves and it has to round down, but when run against itself it's capable of finding some novelties. At one point I saw six knights on the board at once; Stockfish rarely exceeds four.
https://xkcd.com/3045/

#xkcd No. 3054
Date: 2025-2-21
Title: Scream Cipher
Alt text: AAAAAA A ÃA̧AȂA̦ ǍÅÂÃĀÁȂ AAAAAAA!
https://xkcd.com/3054/

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#xkcd No. 3055
Date: 2025-2-24
Title: Giants
Alt text: I can't get over the suspicion that all those viral pictures are photoshopped and 'Flemish' belongs in the lower right circle.
https://xkcd.com/3055/

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#xkcd No. 3046
Date: 2025-2-3
Title: Stromatolites
Alt text: If only my ancestors had been fortunate enough to marry into the branch of the bacteria family that could photosynthesize, like all my little green cousins here.
https://xkcd.com/3046/

#xkcd No. 3056
Date: 2025-2-26
Title: RNA
Alt text: 2040s: RNA formed the basis for life each of the five known times it arose on the early Earth.
https://xkcd.com/3056/

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#xkcd No. 3047
Date: 2025-2-5
Title: Rotary Tool
Alt text: It was great until my thumb slipped and I accidentally launched my telescope into the air at Mach 8.
https://xkcd.com/3047/

#xkcd No. 3073
Date: 2025-4-7
Title: Tariffs
Alt text: [later] I don't get why our pizza slices have such terrible reviews; the geotextile-infused sauce gives the toppings incredible slope stability!
https://xkcd.com/3073/

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#xkcd No. 3057
Date: 2025-2-28
Title: Excusing Yourself
Alt text: The most awkward part is when you have to pause to put on your shoes before you continue rolling out the door.
https://xkcd.com/3057/

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#xkcd No. 3072
Date: 2025-4-4
Title: Stargazing 4
Alt text: We haven't actually seen a star fall in since we invented telescopes, but I have a list of ones I'm really hoping are next.
https://xkcd.com/3072/

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#xkcd No. 3058
Date: 2025-3-3
Title: Tall Structures
Alt text: Briefly set a new record for tallest human-made structure by getting my knit sweater snagged on the skydiving plane door as I jumped and not noticing until I'd landed.
https://xkcd.com/3058/

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#xkcd No. 3048
Date: 2025-2-7
Title: Suspension Bridge
Alt text: As a first step, they can put in a secondary deck, to help drivers try it out and find out how fun the jumps are. After a while no one will use the old flat deck and they can remove it.
https://xkcd.com/3048/

#xkcd No. 3067
Date: 2025-3-24
Title: SawStart
Alt text: Unfortunately, SawStart is one-use-only. Once started, the blade cannot be stopped, and must be replaced with a fresh blade while the running one is carefully disposed of.
https://xkcd.com/3067/

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#xkcd No. 3089
Date: 2025-5-14
Title: Modern
Alt text: Scholars are still debating whether the current period is post-postmodern or neo-contemporary.
https://xkcd.com/3089/

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