Here’s the new episode — #118, “Yummy Mummies” — of the Improbable Research TV series. Powdered mummy, preferably Egyptian, may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but for many years it was just what the doctor ordered. To see this episode, click on the image at right, and you will be whisked to YouTube (where […]
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This Saturday: Improbable Research Cabaret
If you have any questions as to how or whether to use Coca-Cola for birth control, this is your chance to ask someone who really knows. [Update In Response To Questions From Several Individuals: No, Coca-Cola is not sponsoring this event.] This Saturday, May 2nd, will see the very first Improbable Research Cabaret, part of […]
Improbable Research Collection #117
Here’s the new episode — #117, “Swear words” — of the Improbable Research TV series. Hear and see the lengthiest spoken oath commonly required of witnesses in a formal legal trial. The oath is… action-packed. To see this episode, click on the image at right, and you will be whisked to YouTube (where you can […]
Improbable Research Collection #116
Here’s the new episode — #116, “Random digits” — of the Improbable Research TV series. Herein, Improbable Research takes you on a swooping tour through the classic adventure book “One Million Random Digits”. To see it, click on the image at right, and you will be whisked to YouTube (where you can subscribe, if you […]
Economic crises, the Turing Test, and the Igs
I’m either (1) gratified that someone’s decided to test their pet Artificial Intelligence thingamabob by sending a message to us, or (2) disappointed that there are apparently humans who fail the Turing Test. We received the following unsigned message: Dear Improbable Research, Can you take back or un issue an “Ig Noble” Prize? More importantly, […]
Improbable Research Collection #115
Here’s the new episode — #115, “Toad toe tapping” — of the Improbable Research TV series. As the title implies but only half reveals, it concerns the curious case of the cane toad toe tappers. To see it, click on the image at right, and you will be whisked to YouTube (where you can subscribe, […]
Improbable Research blog a finalist for 2008 Best Science Blog
We are proud (and surprised!) that we’ve been named a finalist—for Best Science Blog—in the 2008 Weblog Awards (“the world’s largest blog competition” say the organizers). Thanks to the many investigators who send us tips and detritus, and special thanks to whoever nominated us Voting is open now and will be so until Monday, January […]
Improbable Research Collection #114
Here’s episode 114 (“Cola quibbles, coiffed chemists”) of the Improbable Research TV series, featuring further anti-seminal research from 2008 Ig Nobel medicine prize winner Dr. Deborah J. Anderson (also seen in Collection #113) and three special members of the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS). To see it, click on the image at right, […]
Improbable Research Collection #113
Here’s episode 113 (“Coca-Cola Classic”) of the Improbable Research TV series. This one features 2008 Ig Nobel chemistry prize co-winner Deborah J. Anderson discussing her study “Effect of ‘Coke’ on Sperm Motility.” [Note: Dr. Anderson has a new study, building on the earlier work, published in this week’s BMJ.] To see it, click on the […]
Improbable Research Collection #112
Here’s episode 112 (“Date, nut”) of the Improbable Research TV series. To see it, click on the image at right, and you will be whisked to YouTube (where you can subscribe, if you like, to the Improbable Research channel). These are three-minute videos about research that makes people laugh, then makes them think. For links […]