Here’s episode 104 (“Cuticles, and two reactions”) 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). Improbable TV can also be seen on MySpace and elsewhere. These are three-minute videos […]
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Improbable Research TV episode 103
Here’s episode 103 (“Bedding, Functions, and Nails”) 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). Improbable TV can also be seen on MySpace and elsewhere. These are three-minute videos […]
Update: “Project Grizzly” suit sold
As mentioned here recently, Troy Hurtubise — the 1998 Ig Nobel Prize winner in Safety Engineering — was auctioning off the Ursus Mark VI suit made famous in the 1996 documentary “Project Grizzly”. Unlike previous sell-a-suit-of-anti-grizzly-bear-armor attempts, this one worked. The suit sold for US$2,226.00 (or about $2,239.36 in Troy’s native Canadian dollars). Unfortunately, this […]
Troy auctioning off “Project Grizzly” suit
Troy Hurtubise is valiantly trying to auction another of his anti-grizzly suits of armor. This time, he is offering up the most famous of the bunch. Back in early 2007, Troy? ? the 1998 Ig Nobel Prize winner in Safety Engineering ? attempted to auction off his “Trojan” combat suit. Unfortunately, the $35,000 minimum price […]
Knows Better
Not having purchased a full subscription to New England Journal of Medicine I haven?t access to the article ?Amebiasis from the ?Miraculous Water of Tlacote? [which you mentioned]. Nonetheless I?ve taken tlacote tablets for three years and have suffered no ill effects. In fact I?ve found it most helpful. Millions of people have availed themselves […]
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…congratulations! You’re seeing the new improbablecom.wpcomstaging.com! We’ve been working behind the scenes to improve the underlying machinery that runs the AIR web site, to make the site peppier and more stable, and pave the way for future exciting expansions (which I can assure you are both exciting and in the future). As with any construction […]
Mar-Apr Improbable Research is online
The special Writing Research issue of the Annals of Improbable Research (vol 14, no 2, Mar-Apr 2008) is now online.