Think from KERA

Even Silly Scientific Questions Have Answers


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There are no ridiculous questions, just a million strangely satisfying answers. Randall Munroe is a science journalist, former NASA roboticist and writer of the popular web comic “xkcd,” and he set out to scientifically investigate oddball, possible real-world problems. For example: In case of an emergency, is it possible to land an airplane on top of a moving train? He joins host Krys Boyd to talk about all the ways you can reach the wrong conclusion – and how we can get to the correct answer – which he writes about in “How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems.”
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