Improbable Research

Research that first makes people laugh, and then think. Annals of Improbable Research.The Ig Nobel Prizes. Also see @MarcAbrahams, @[email protected]

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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.

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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. https://t.co/8qEdriOkrG

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Electric meringue recipe, public relations equation, and two sleepy trivial superpowers. (My column this week in New Scientist) https://t.co/dMwESbiHKx

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The invisible-gorilla guys shine a spotlight on con men’s tricks https://t.co/OZNrBeSf2M

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f you have not yet read a review of Love Your Gusset, here is an opportunity to try to read one https://t.co/kdX8VCVpEz

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ASME, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, is running a quiz about the Ig Nobel Prizes https://t.co/Olkfcb5o9z

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Livestreamed talk for/with the Bay Area Skeptics tonight (Thursday, June 8, 2023) at 10:30 pm Pacific time. https://t.co/J6mWpsTM5T?

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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. https://t.co/HqZOu5Uo0P

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"Window Pains, Hamburger & Fries, Stone on Stone, 2 New Superpowers" — my column this week in New Scientist https://t.co/V3mvvEcMML

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An absolute delight to see!

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An old history of no soap. https://t.co/OObjB3jN2R

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#Politico covers Dead Duck Day https://t.co/KGY0KvasUz #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 ⬇️ https://t.co/V69kx8HPg3

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Studying the menu, a June 4th ritual #DeadDuckDay

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A Jerk and a Creep / Lighting Up / Live Long? / Unfunneled Superpower [my column this week in New Scientist] https://t.co/pDFRuILGz0

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"Even lawyers hate reading 'legalese' – so why do they do it?" [Cosmos] https://t.co/c90nSY7t08