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What would happen if everyone on Earth stood as close to each other as they could, jumped, and landed on the ground all at the same instant?
Watch the latest in the What If? video series in collaboration with
@MinuteEarth!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2M8Y0z9Rl0
Watch the latest in the What If? video series in collaboration with
@MinuteEarth!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2M8Y0z9Rl0
What if you swam in a nuclear storage pool?
Watch the latest in the What If? video series in collaboration with
@MinuteEarth!
https://youtu.be/EFRUL7vKdU8?si=weGR6GR6T1z01BBr
Watch the latest in the What If? video series in collaboration with
@MinuteEarth!
https://youtu.be/EFRUL7vKdU8?si=weGR6GR6T1z01BBr
How long would a nuclear submarine last in orbit?
Not long. But not for the reason you might expect!
Watch the latest in the What If? video series in collaboration with
@MinuteEarth!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsUBRd1O2dU
Not long. But not for the reason you might expect!
Watch the latest in the What If? video series in collaboration with
@MinuteEarth!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsUBRd1O2dU
Could you make an umbrella out of lasers?
Watch the latest in the What If? video series in collaboration with
@MinuteEarth!
(note: xkcd headquarters is Definitely Not on fire.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgBTwtg7H8E&t=106s
Watch the latest in the What If? video series in collaboration with
@MinuteEarth!
(note: xkcd headquarters is Definitely Not on fire.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgBTwtg7H8E&t=106s
What would happen if you tried to hit a baseball pitched at 90% the speed of light?
Well, a lot of things. And they are not good for the batter, nor the pitcher.
Watch the latest in the What If? video series in collaboration with
@MinuteEarth!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EI08o-IGYk
Well, a lot of things. And they are not good for the batter, nor the pitcher.
Watch the latest in the What If? video series in collaboration with
@MinuteEarth!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EI08o-IGYk
A magnitude 15 earthquake would not be good news.
But what about a higher-magnitude earthquake? Or really low?
Find the answer on What If? The Video Series in collaboration with
@MinuteEarth!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LSyizrk8-0&t=1s
But what about a higher-magnitude earthquake? Or really low?
Find the answer on What If? The Video Series in collaboration with
@MinuteEarth!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LSyizrk8-0&t=1s
What if you ignored all the rules of car racing and had a contest to get a human around a track 200x as fast as possible—what strategy would win?
(Let’s say the racer has to survive...)
Find the story over on the What If video series YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcXpCyPc2Xw
(Let’s say the racer has to survive...)
Find the story over on the What If video series YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcXpCyPc2Xw
What would happen if the Earth and all terrestrial objects suddenly stopped spinning, but the atmosphere retained its velocity?
Observe the destruction in this latest video in the What If? video series, in collaboration with @MinuteEarth:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5G1QG6cXc
Observe the destruction in this latest video in the What If? video series, in collaboration with @MinuteEarth:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5G1QG6cXc
What If? is now on YouTube!
Check out the first video for the answer to
“What if we aimed the Hubble Telescope at Earth?”
and follow xkcd’s What If? The Video Series channel to be notified about each new video. https://www.youtube.com/@xkcd_whatif/videos
Check out the first video for the answer to
“What if we aimed the Hubble Telescope at Earth?”
and follow xkcd’s What If? The Video Series channel to be notified about each new video. https://www.youtube.com/@xkcd_whatif/videos
This Wednesday I'll be in conversation with Zach Weinersmith of SMBC Comics to celebrate the launch of A CITY ON MARS at Strand Book Store! You can get tickets here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zach-weinersmith-randall-munroe-a-city-on-mars-tickets-664926863147
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/zach-weinersmith-randall-munroe-a-city-on-mars-tickets-664926863147