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Influence Of A Longrunning Web Comic
- Randall Munroe has made the xkcd comic since 2005 and influenced many science communicators.
- John Green describes discovering Randall's work repeatedly in his research notes and feeling both scooped and excited.
One-Second Day Would Tear Earth Apart
- Speeding Earth's rotation to one second per day would fling the planet apart and vaporize satellites.
- Atmospheric thinning and high-speed fragmentation would make survival impossible within seconds.
Stand On The Safe Side Of Dangerous Physics
- Place yourself on the side of phenomena where the dangerous physics isn't happening.
- Randall advises staying on the 'hand grip' side and letting the interesting physics happen on the other side.