Improbable Research @improbresearch
Research that first makes people laugh, and then think. Annals of Improbable Research.The Ig Nobel Prizes. Also see @MarcAbrahams, @[email protected] improbable.com Cambridge, MA Joined January 2010-
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CCTV footage shows the cargo ship, loaded with sand, colliding with a portion of the Majiagang Wharf in Chongming District early morning on August 9 ,2021. newsflare.com/video/446707/c…
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@improbresearch @MarcAbrahams Board game Eurocracy first made Europeans laugh, then think! In times of conceptual scepsis (1992) I turned EU into board game & invited citizens to have fun with European democracy Now book describes how EU has become European democracy in reality
On Friday, July 1, 2023 the first-ever Improbable Dramatic Readings event in Poland will happen, as part of Bazyliszek, in Warsaw. improbable.com/2023/06/29/1st…
Electric meringue recipe, public relations equation, and two sleepy trivial superpowers. (My column this week in New Scientist) improbable.com/2023/06/14/ele…
The invisible-gorilla guys shine a spotlight on con men’s tricks improbable.com/2023/06/13/the…
f you have not yet read a review of Love Your Gusset, here is an opportunity to try to read one improbable.com/2023/06/13/rev…
ASME, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, is running a quiz about the Ig Nobel Prizes asme.org/topics-resourc…
Livestreamed talk for/with the Bay Area Skeptics tonight (Thursday, June 8, 2023) at 10:30 pm Pacific time. bayareascience.org/calendar/index…?
Ig Nobel Prize winner Pat Robertson — who predicted that the world would end in 1982 — died today (June 8, 2023), according to numerous news reports. improbable.com/2023/06/08/the…
"Window Pains, Hamburger & Fries, Stone on Stone, 2 New Superpowers" — my column this week in New Scientist improbable.com/2023/06/07/win…
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#Politico covers Dead Duck Day politico.eu/article/gone-q… #DeadDuckDay
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De speciale ‘Dead Duck Day Message’ is dit jaar ingezonden door @BegijnLeBleu! Ik ga zijn proza met plezier voordragen, morgen stipt om 17:55 buiten bij @HetNatuurhist #DeadDuckDay ⬇️ hetnatuurhistorisch.nl/bezoek/activit…
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Studying the menu, a June 4th ritual #DeadDuckDay
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