Color preference in the insane, the red sweat of the hippopotamus, the question of whether The Explorer’s Club served a dinner of thawed, roast woolley mammoth, and how surgeons handle pop-up surprises — all of these turn up in this week’s Improbable Research podcast. LISTEN TO IT! …or click on the “Venetian blinds” icon — at the lower right corner […]
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Podcast about research that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
Podcast #37: Shoe-throwing at weddings & wandering washing machines
Shoe-throwing at weddings, the great untied-shoelace experiment, washing machines that go wandering, the fullness of empty picture frames, and the capacity of the nose — all these all turn up in this week’s Improbable Research podcast. LISTEN TO IT! …or click on the “Venetian blinds” icon — at the lower right corner here — to select whichever week’s episode you […]
Podcast #36: Crunchiness loss and headless mannequins
How cheese balls and other puffed snacks lose their crunchiness; how shoppers react to headless mannequins; and women who choose incarcerated men as romantic partners — all these all turn up in this week’s Improbable Research podcast. LISTEN TO IT! …or click on the “Venetian blinds” icon — at the lower right corner here — to select whichever week’s episode you want […]
Podcast #35: The Psychoanalysts’ Nose, and Hair in Funny Places
The noses of famous psychoanalysts, the restoration of lost beards, the medical hazards of bits of hair that get into ears and throats, more of those clever contraptions to trap crooks, and a doctor’s discovery that pathology is and is not just like bird-watching — all these all turn up in this week’s Improbable Research podcast. LISTEN TO IT! …or click […]