Research that first makes people laugh, and then think. Annals of Improbable Research.The Ig Nobel Prizes. Also see @MarcAbrahams, @MarcAbrahams@mstdn.science
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14 Jul 2023
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.
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Improbable Research retweeted
29 Jun 2023
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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
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On Friday, July 1, 2023 the first-ever Improbable Dramatic Readings event in Poland will happen, as part of Bazyliszek, in Warsaw. improbable.com/2023/06/29/1s…
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14 Jun 2023
Electric meringue recipe, public relations equation, and two sleepy trivial superpowers. (My column this week in New Scientist) improbable.com/2023/06/14/el…
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14 Jun 2023
The invisible-gorilla guys shine a spotlight on con men’s tricks improbable.com/2023/06/13/th…
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13 Jun 2023
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/re…
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9 Jun 2023
ASME, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, is running a quiz about the Ig Nobel Prizes asme.org/topics-resources/co…
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9 Jun 2023
Livestreamed talk for/with the Bay Area Skeptics tonight (Thursday, June 8, 2023) at 10:30 pm Pacific time. bayareascience.org/calendar/…?
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8 Jun 2023
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/th…
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8 Jun 2023
"Window Pains, Hamburger & Fries, Stone on Stone, 2 New Superpowers" — my column this week in New Scientist improbable.com/2023/06/07/wi…
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Improbable Research retweeted
7 Jun 2023
An absolute delight to see!
7 Jun 2023
When the director of @HetNatuurhist @KeesMoeliker asks to see your pubic lice - who am I to deny his request!
Lovely final tour of the @NHM_Diptera @NHM_London collections
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4 Jun 2023
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/bezoe…
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4 Jun 2023
Studying the menu, a June 4th ritual #DeadDuckDay
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31 May 2023
A Jerk and a Creep / Lighting Up / Live Long? / Unfunneled Superpower [my column this week in New Scientist] improbable.com/2023/05/31/a-…
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30 May 2023
"Even lawyers hate reading 'legalese' – so why do they do it?" [Cosmos] cosmosmagazine.com/people/cu…
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