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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Documentaries and other videos that make people LAUGH, then THINK.
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 #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 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 […]
Improbable Research Collection #111
Here’s episode 111 (“Inertia Debates”) 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 […]
Improbable Research Collection #110
Here’s episode 110 (“Burnt food, slipping socks”) 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. […]
Improbable Research Collection #109
Here’s episode 109 (“Subliminal, subliminal, shrew no chew”) 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 […]
Improbable Research Collection #108
Here’s episode 108 (“Cake, wrap, calculate”) 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 […]