I cannot believe I have just now discovered the Explain xkcd wiki. Randall Munroe’s xkcd comic about science and technology is wonderful, but my academic background isn’t always sufficient to ...

If one were to strap a pair of machine guns to one's back, could they fly through the air, perhaps to collect scores of floating coins? Is such a thing possible? That idea, the flight concept featured ...

MinutePhysics teamed up with the Web comic xkcd to explain how to go to space, using just the most common 1,000 words in the English language. The video walks viewers through concepts of gravity and ...