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Randall Munroe's Absurd Scientific Advice For Real-World Problems
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:10:36
Publish Date: 2020-10-20 08:00:54
Description: Randall Munroe, the cartoonist behind the popular Internet comic xkcd, finds complicated solutions to simple, real-world problems. In the process, he reveals a lot about science and why the real world is sometimes even weirder than we expect. His latest book is called How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems. (Encore episode.)

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