Join us tonight at the Improbable Research show at the AAAS Annual Meeting, Omni Shoreham Hotel (in the Diplomat Ballroom), Washington DC—The annual Improbable Research session will include:
- Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony
- Ig Nobel Prize winner David Wartinger (using roller coaster rides to try to hasten the passage of kidney stones)
- The Dunning-Kruger Song
- Ig Nobel Prize winner Nathaniel Barr (“On the Reception and Detection of Pseudo-Profound Bullshit“)
- Marguerite E. Matherne (how effective is tail-swishing in large animals?)
- Eric Schulman (A history of the universe in 100 words, in Czech)
- Olga Shishkov (the biomechanics of maggots)
- and maybe other people and things
This session is open free to the public. (Seating is limited—arrive early if you want a seat.) #AAASmtg
