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Geologic Periods

https://xkcd.com/3120/

Geologists claim it's because the earlier Cenozoic used to be called the Tertiary, but that's just a ruse to hide the secret third geologic period, between the Neogene and the Quaternary, that they won't tell us about.

https://xkcd.com/3120/

Flettner Rotor

https://xkcd.com/3119/

"And in maritime news, the Coast Guard is on the scene today after an apparent collision between two lighthouses."

https://xkcd.com/3119/

iNaturalist Animals and Plants

https://xkcd.com/3118/

Washington, DC: Eastern gray squirrel, Amur honeysuckle. Puerto Rico: Crested anole, sea grape. US as a whole: Mallard, eastern poison ivy.

https://xkcd.com/3118/

Replication Crisis

https://xkcd.com/3117/

Maybe encouraging the publication of null results isn't enough--maybe we need a journal devoted to publishing results the study authors find personally annoying.

https://xkcd.com/3117/

Echo Chamber

https://xkcd.com/3116/

This is almost as bad as the time I signed up for a purely partisan fishing expedition.

https://xkcd.com/3116/

Unsolved Physics Problems

https://xkcd.com/3115/

'Tin pest' makes more sense to me. Tin just doesn't want to be locked down in a shape like that. I get it. But why would any metal want to grow hair??

https://xkcd.com/3115/