Here’s a new episode of the Improbable Research TV series. It’s the 3rd of many episodes featuring the bad poetry of William Topaz McGonagall. Fans of consecutive numbering will undoubtedly remember the previously-posted 4th episode. William Topaz McGonagall, who died in 1902, is widely regarded as the worst poet ever to write in the English […]
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May mini-AIR
The May issue of mini-AIR just went out. Topics include: Imminent Events; Sad News: Professors Lipscomb & Lettvin; Cambridge Science Festival: Songs & After Dark; Worm/Fisheries Competition; Apes, Lice and Prehistory Poet; etc. Mel [pictured here] says, “It’s swell.” (mini-AIR is the simplest way to keep informed about Improbable and Ig Nobel news and events. […]
Video: The Best of Miss Sweetie Poo
The organizers of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony solved an ancient problem: How to keep speeches from droning on and on… The solution, called “Miss Sweetie Poo”, is an 8-year-old girl who tells long-winded speakers to “Please stop. I’m bored. Please stop. I’m bored…” Here are Miss Sweetie Poo highlights from several Ig ceremonies.
Improbable Webmaster at Balticon
Julia Lunetta, aka the “Improbable Webmaster” will be appearing this weekend at Balticon, a science and sci-fi convention in Baltimore, Maryland. She will be speaking on her decade-plus experience as a minordomo for the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, and some of the various trials, tribulations, and hilarity that has come about as a result. The […]