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Received — 19 February 2025 ⏭ Comics

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KM3NeT 18 February 2025 at 19:00

KM3NeT

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18 February 2025 at 19:00

Unfortunately, KM3NeT led to the discovery of the Pauli anglerfish, which emits Cherenkov radiation to prey on neutrino researchers.

Received — 17 February 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Archive Request 16 February 2025 at 19:00

Archive Request

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16 February 2025 at 19:00

They just want researchers in the enclosure to feel enriched and stimulated. ('The Enclosure' is what archivists call the shadowy world outside their archives in which so many people are trapped.)

Received — 14 February 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Hardwood 13 February 2025 at 19:00

Hardwood

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13 February 2025 at 19:00

They may technically have been softwoods at some point, but they definitely aren't now.

Received — 12 February 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Atom 11 February 2025 at 19:00

Atom

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11 February 2025 at 19:00

What's weirder is that muons turned out to be INCREDIBLY cute.

Received — 10 February 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Incoming Asteroid 9 February 2025 at 19:00

Incoming Asteroid

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9 February 2025 at 19:00

The bottom ones are also potentially bad news for any other planets in our solar system that have been counting on Earth having a stable orbit.

Received — 7 February 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Suspension Bridge 6 February 2025 at 19:00

Suspension Bridge

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6 February 2025 at 19:00

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.

Received — 5 February 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Rotary Tool 4 February 2025 at 19:00

Rotary Tool

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4 February 2025 at 19:00

It was great until my thumb slipped and I accidentally launched my telescope into the air at Mach 8.

Received — 3 February 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Stromatolites 2 February 2025 at 19:00

Stromatolites

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2 February 2025 at 19:00

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.

Received — 31 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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AlphaMove 30 January 2025 at 19:00

AlphaMove

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30 January 2025 at 19:00

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.

Received — 29 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Humidifier Review 28 January 2025 at 19:00

Humidifier Review

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28 January 2025 at 19:00

They should add a little sticker that certifies that the humidifier supports water conservation, but in the sense of energy conservation or momentum conservation.

Received — 27 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Muons 26 January 2025 at 19:00

Muons

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26 January 2025 at 19:00

Update: I've been banned from the physics department for the way I pronounce "Doppler effect."

Received — 25 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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T. Rex Evolution 23 January 2025 at 19:00

T. Rex Evolution

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23 January 2025 at 19:00

Unfortunately, body size and bite force continue to increase.

Received — 23 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Unit Circle 21 January 2025 at 19:00

Unit Circle

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21 January 2025 at 19:00

They're continuing to search for a square with the same area as the circle, as efforts to construct one have run into difficulties.

Received — 21 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Chemical Formulas 19 January 2025 at 19:00

Chemical Formulas

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19 January 2025 at 19:00

Can you pass the nackle?

Received — 18 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Human Altitude 16 January 2025 at 19:00

Human Altitude

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16 January 2025 at 19:00

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.

Received — 16 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Uncanceled Units 14 January 2025 at 19:00

Uncanceled Units

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14 January 2025 at 19:00

Speed limit c arcminutes^2 per steradian

Received — 14 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Radon 12 January 2025 at 19:00

Radon

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12 January 2025 at 19:00

A good ²³⁸Umbrella policy should cover it.

Received — 11 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Chess Zoo 9 January 2025 at 19:00

Chess Zoo

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9 January 2025 at 19:00

The zoo takes special care to keep kings separated from opposite-color pieces as part of their conservation program to prevent mating in captivity.

Received — 9 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Trimix 7 January 2025 at 19:00

Trimix

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7 January 2025 at 19:00

You don't want the nitrogen percentage to be too high or you run the risk of eutrophication.

Received — 7 January 2025 ⏭ Comics

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Features of Adulthood 5 January 2025 at 19:00

Features of Adulthood

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5 January 2025 at 19:00

I don't dig pit traps and cover them with sticks and a thin layer of leaves nearly as much as I expected; I find a chance to do it barely once a month.