­xkcd thread

Maybe it depends on spin and/or electric charge?

Brian

Are there two different lifespans for white blood cells, several orders of magnitude apart, or am I misreading the chart?

Yes, the different spans represent the different types of white blood cells. Pasted from here:

Type of WBC Average Lifespan Details
Neutrophils 6 hours to 1 day Short-lived, but produced in large numbers
Lymphocytes Several days to years Memory B and T cells can survive for years
Monocytes 1–3 days in blood (longer in tissue) Become macrophages, live for weeks to months in tissue
Eosinophils 8–12 hours in blood; several days in tissue Involved in allergies and parasitic infections
Basophils A few hours to a few days Least common WBC, releases histamine

I did not even see that pattern.

Anyway, everyone knows Hawaii is rainbow-colored.

Thanks, TIL. It’s not just two blobs, but close enough.

I’d suggest adding brown dwarfs, but I don’t think they have a fixed life span. Ditto for white dwarfs.

“Rainbow” isn’t a color.

“Blue” is.

“The administration thinks it’s weird, but the geologists say it looks normal.”

Always finding fault…

The only thing remarkable is that the joint is not vertical and that it’s visible in the facade.

Psst, Randall - it’s “free rein.”

There should have been a discontinuity making the first story visibly shorter than the next two.

Maybe some sign of sedimentary layers …

Those would be found in the archive rooms, probably in the cellar.

For those of you keeping score at home: this has been fixed.

“The late Triassic rifting was caused by a dinosaur trying to use the control panel to escape a predator, but it was eaten before the continent could fully separate.”

Monday’s come and gone, and still no strip, and now most of Tuesday. Anyone know what’s up?

EDIT: I should have looked twice at the page.

In that case, can it still be called Monday’s comic?

“The one that sounds like the oracle at the center of the galaxy where the hero travels to hear a prophecy is probably Brookhaven National Laboratory’s now-dismantled COSMOTRON.”

“Recently I’ve been watching the Daytime Perseids. I haven’t seen a meteor from them yet, but the clouds are pretty and the snacks are good.”