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! GOOD QUESTION
| [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/science/what-makes-a-red-sky-at-night-and-at-morning.html What Makes a Red Sky at Night (and at Morning)]
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/science/randall-munroe-candle-xkcd.html Where Does a Candle Go When It Burns?]
 
| Randall Munroe
 
| Randall Munroe
| Aug. 13, 2019
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| April 26, 2021
 
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! GOOD QUESTION
 
! GOOD QUESTION
| [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/science/randall-munroe-moon.html If I Touched the Moon, What Would It Feel Like?]
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/science/randall-munroe-question-popcorn.html Will My Popcorn Explode?]
 
| Randall Munroe
 
| Randall Munroe
| Nov. 12, 2019
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| December 29, 2020
 
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! GOOD QUESTION
 
! GOOD QUESTION
| [https://nytimes.com/2019/12/10/science/earth-size-mass.html Is Earth Getting Bigger Over Time?]
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/science/what-makes-sand-soft.html What Makes Sand Soft?]
 
| Randall Munroe
 
| Randall Munroe
| Dec. 10, 2019
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| November 9, 2020
 
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! GOOD QUESTION
 
! GOOD QUESTION
| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/science/human-running-speed-quadruped.html How Fast Can a Human Run?]
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/science/randall-munroe-car-brake-question.html Can You Stop a Car With Your Hand?]
 
| Randall Munroe
 
| Randall Munroe
| Jan. 21, 2020 / Feb. 7, 2020
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| October 6, 2020
 
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! GOOD QUESTION
 
! GOOD QUESTION
| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/science/worst-odor-smell-thioacetone.html What’s the World’s Worst Smell?]
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/science/randall-munroe-xkcd-temperature.html How Hot Is Too Hot?]
 
| Randall Munroe
 
| Randall Munroe
| Feb. 17, 2020 / Feb. 26, 2020
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| August 4, 2020
 
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! GOOD QUESTION
 
! GOOD QUESTION
| [https://nytimes.com/2020/03/10/science/question-randall-munroe-bobsled-gravity.html What if Galileo Had Dropped Bobsleds From the Tower of Pisa?]
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/science/neutrinos-snowball-randall-munroe.html Could You Make a Snowball of Neutrinos?]
 
| Randall Munroe
 
| Randall Munroe
| March 10, 2020
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| July 7, 2020
 
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! GOOD QUESTION
 
! GOOD QUESTION
| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/science/pulsar-xkcd-munroe-stars.html How’s the View From a Spinning Star?]
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/science/randall-munroe-question-eggs.html Can You Boil an Egg Too Long?]
 
| Randall Munroe
 
| Randall Munroe
| April 7, 2020
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| June 9, 2020
 
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! GOOD QUESTION
| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/science/randall-munroe-question-eggs.html Can You Boil an Egg Too Long?]
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/science/pulsar-xkcd-munroe-stars.html How’s the View From a Spinning Star?]
 
| Randall Munroe
 
| Randall Munroe
| June 9, 2020
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| April 7, 2020
 
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! GOOD QUESTION
 
! GOOD QUESTION
| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/science/neutrinos-snowball-randall-munroe.html Could You Make a Snowball of Neutrinos?]
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| [https://nytimes.com/2020/03/10/science/question-randall-munroe-bobsled-gravity.html What if Galileo Had Dropped Bobsleds From the Tower of Pisa?]
 
| Randall Munroe
 
| Randall Munroe
| July 7, 2020
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| March 10, 2020
 
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! GOOD QUESTION
 
! GOOD QUESTION
| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/science/randall-munroe-xkcd-temperature.html How Hot Is Too Hot?]
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/17/science/worst-odor-smell-thioacetone.html What’s the World’s Worst Smell?]
 
| Randall Munroe
 
| Randall Munroe
| August 4, 2020
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| Feb. 17, 2020 / Feb. 26, 2020
 
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! GOOD QUESTION
 
! GOOD QUESTION
| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/science/randall-munroe-car-brake-question.html Can You Stop a Car With Your Hand?]
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/science/human-running-speed-quadruped.html How Fast Can a Human Run?]
 
| Randall Munroe
 
| Randall Munroe
| October 6, 2020
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| Jan. 21, 2020 / Feb. 7, 2020
 
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! GOOD QUESTION
 
! GOOD QUESTION
| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/science/what-makes-sand-soft.html What Makes Sand Soft?]
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| [https://nytimes.com/2019/12/10/science/earth-size-mass.html Is Earth Getting Bigger Over Time?]
 
| Randall Munroe
 
| Randall Munroe
| November 9, 2020
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| Dec. 10, 2019
 
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! GOOD QUESTION
 
! GOOD QUESTION
| [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/29/science/randall-munroe-question-popcorn.html Will My Popcorn Explode?]
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/science/randall-munroe-moon.html If I Touched the Moon, What Would It Feel Like?]
 
| Randall Munroe
 
| Randall Munroe
| December 29, 2020
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| Nov. 12, 2019
 
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! GOOD QUESTION
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! SCIENCE
| [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/science/randall-munroe-candle-xkcd.html Where Does a Candle Go When It Burns?]
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/science/what-makes-a-red-sky-at-night-and-at-morning.html What Makes a Red Sky at Night (and at Morning)]
 
| Randall Munroe
 
| Randall Munroe
| April 26, 2021
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| Aug. 13, 2019
 
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! LINK BY LINK
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! BOOKS
| [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/business/media/26link.html This Is Funny Only if You Know Unix]
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/books/review/randall-munroe-by-the-book-interview.html Randall Munroe Loves Outdated Views of the Future]
| Noam Cohen
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| --
| May 26, 2008
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| Nov. 14, 2019
 
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! BITS
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! SCIENCE
| [https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/14/techs-favorite-cartoonist-enters-mainstream-publishing/ Tech’s Favorite Cartoonist Enters Mainstream Publishing]
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/18/science/document-Munroepages.html Randall Munroe of ‘XKCD’ Explains the Human Body, Elevators and the Saturn 5]
| Noam Cohen
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| (Actual pages from '''{{w|Thing_Explainer|Thing Explainer}}''')
| March 14, 2014
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| March 21, 2016
 
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! SCIENCE
 
! SCIENCE
| [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/science/randall-munroe-the-creator-of-xkcd-explains-complexity-through-absurdity.html He’s Glad You Asked]
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/science/randall-munroe-xkcd-science-textbook.html Randall Munroe, XKCD Creator, Goes Back to High School]
 
| Kenneth Chang
 
| Kenneth Chang
| Nov. 3, 2014
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| March 21, 2016
 
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/22/science/randall-munroe-xkcd-science-textbook.html Randall Munroe, XKCD Creator, Goes Back to High School]
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/04/science/randall-munroe-the-creator-of-xkcd-explains-complexity-through-absurdity.html He’s Glad You Asked]
 
| Kenneth Chang
 
| Kenneth Chang
| March 21, 2016
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| Nov. 3, 2014
 
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! SCIENCE
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! BITS
| [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/18/science/document-Munroepages.html Randall Munroe of ‘XKCD’ Explains the Human Body, Elevators and the Saturn 5]
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| [https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/14/techs-favorite-cartoonist-enters-mainstream-publishing/ Tech’s Favorite Cartoonist Enters Mainstream Publishing]
| (Actual pages from '''{{w|Thing_Explainer|Thing Explainer}}''')
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| Noam Cohen
| March 21, 2016
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| March 14, 2014
 
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! BOOKS
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! LINK BY LINK
| [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/books/review/randall-munroe-by-the-book-interview.html Randall Munroe Loves Outdated Views of the Future]
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| [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/business/media/26link.html This Is Funny Only if You Know Unix]
| --
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| Noam Cohen
| Nov. 14, 2019
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| May 26, 2008
 
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Revision as of 23:22, 27 April 2021


Good Question is a more-or-less monthly column written by Randall Munroe in the Science section of the New York Times, beginning in November 2019. The columns give serious answers to science questions, illustrated in Munroe's inimitable style.

Ambox notice.png The New York Times website ordinarily requires registration, and its content is always protected by copyright. Most particularly it is not under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License the way xkcd is. The good news: anyone can register for a free digital subscription to the New York Times, with access to 'recent' Science articles among some others, but outside of that only five articles per month. See Free Articles.

Unlike for many of their other regular columnists, the New York Times does not provide a clickable link either on the byline Randall Munroe or on the column title Good Question (though there is an unlinked page that offers an incomplete list of Good Question articles). The following tables are intended to correct that omission.

New York Times columns written and illustrated by Randall Munroe
Column Headline Byline Date
GOOD QUESTION Where Does a Candle Go When It Burns? Randall Munroe April 26, 2021
GOOD QUESTION Will My Popcorn Explode? Randall Munroe December 29, 2020
GOOD QUESTION What Makes Sand Soft? Randall Munroe November 9, 2020
GOOD QUESTION Can You Stop a Car With Your Hand? Randall Munroe October 6, 2020
GOOD QUESTION How Hot Is Too Hot? Randall Munroe August 4, 2020
GOOD QUESTION Could You Make a Snowball of Neutrinos? Randall Munroe July 7, 2020
GOOD QUESTION Can You Boil an Egg Too Long? Randall Munroe June 9, 2020
GOOD QUESTION What’s the Sweetest, Crispiest Way to Stay Safe in a Car Crash? Randall Munroe May 11, 2020
GOOD QUESTION How’s the View From a Spinning Star? Randall Munroe April 7, 2020
GOOD QUESTION What if Galileo Had Dropped Bobsleds From the Tower of Pisa? Randall Munroe March 10, 2020
GOOD QUESTION What’s the World’s Worst Smell? Randall Munroe Feb. 17, 2020 / Feb. 26, 2020
GOOD QUESTION How Fast Can a Human Run? Randall Munroe Jan. 21, 2020 / Feb. 7, 2020
GOOD QUESTION Is Earth Getting Bigger Over Time? Randall Munroe Dec. 10, 2019
GOOD QUESTION If I Touched the Moon, What Would It Feel Like? Randall Munroe Nov. 12, 2019
SCIENCE What Makes a Red Sky at Night (and at Morning) Randall Munroe Aug. 13, 2019

New York Times columns about Randall Munroe
Column Headline Byline Date
BOOKS Randall Munroe Loves Outdated Views of the Future -- Nov. 14, 2019
SCIENCE Randall Munroe of ‘XKCD’ Explains the Human Body, Elevators and the Saturn 5 (Actual pages from Thing Explainer) March 21, 2016
SCIENCE Randall Munroe, XKCD Creator, Goes Back to High School Kenneth Chang March 21, 2016
BOOKS Randall Munroe Explains It All for Us Alexandra Alter Nov. 23, 2015
SCIENCE He’s Glad You Asked Kenneth Chang Nov. 3, 2014
BITS Tech’s Favorite Cartoonist Enters Mainstream Publishing Noam Cohen March 14, 2014
LINK BY LINK This Is Funny Only if You Know Unix Noam Cohen May 26, 2008

See also