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 ...

On Wednesday, XKCD creator Randall Munroe announced that he's written a book. Within 24 hours, the book — scheduled for a September release — was a bestseller on Amazon. So, as of now, he's only two ...

It’s nearly 2010, and we still don’t have commercially available jetpacks, hover cars, or holographic televisions. Webcomic xkcd explains why the technologies we have don’t match up with the ...

It's a clumsy Monday and we're all tired, but one thing's for certain: those xkcd comics rule. Molly Wood was an executive editor at CNET, author of the Molly Rants blog, and host of the tech show, ...

Several decades ago, it took a stand-up comedian like Steven Wright to work in shades of the brilliantly surreal when he deadpanned: “It’s a small world. But I wouldn’t want to paint it.” Today, it ...

Swarovski AX Visio, billed as first "smart binoculars," names species and tracks location. lol great comic. Since any phone can do the bird ID just some binocs that have a camera and attach to your ...

If you’ve ever been late to an appointment due to missing a notification, you may want to sign onto Adam Engst’s proposal that Apple add persistent alarm-style notifications to its operating systems.