


See all of Randall Munroe’s work on his webcomic.Read an excerpt of Munroe’s new book where tennis legend Serena Williams takes to the court to test one of his hypotheses: How to catch a drone with sports equipment. Munroe joins Ira to talk about how he comes up with his far-fetched solutions and why “…figuring out exactly why it’s a bad idea can teach you a lot-and might help you think of a better approach.” He answers these hypothetical scenarios and other everyday questions-from charging your phone to sending a digital file-with uncommon solutions. What would happen if the slope was made out of wood or rubber? Or how would you make more snow in the most efficient way if it all melted away? These are the questions that comic artist Randall Munroe thinks about in his book How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems. If you’ve ever been skiing, you might have wondered how your skiis and the layer of water interact. Credit: From Randall Munroe’s book “ How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems“ In his book “How To,” Serena Williams field tests one of Randall Munroe’s questions… on a drone.
