Join us Saturday night, February 15, at the Improbable Research show at the AAAS Annual Meeting, Grand Hyatt Seattle, 71 Pine Street (in Princessa Ballrooms 1 & 2), The annual Improbable Research session will, this year, include: Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony Theresa McKeon, 2019 Ig Nobel Prize winner for using […]
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Improbable Research tonight in Washington, DC
Join us tonight at the Improbable Research show at the AAAS Annual Meeting, Omni Shoreham Hotel (in the Diplomat Ballroom), Washington DC—The annual Improbable Research session will include: Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony Ig Nobel Prize winner David Wartinger (using roller coaster rides to try to hasten the passage of kidney stones) The Dunning-Kruger Song […]
Observations of Improbable Research at the AAAS Meeting
Nathan Mattise reports for Ars Technica about the Improbable Research session, which happened last week at the AAAS Annual Meeting. The report begins: Science after hours: Barney’s aquatic traits and how pregnant women stay upright At this annual science conference, even humor has thorough research methods behind it. AUSTIN, Texas—The American Association for the Advancement of […]
Improbable research at AAAS in Washington Saturday night
You (yes, you!) are invited to join us at the Improbable Research session this Saturday night in Washington DC. It’s part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting. Where/When: Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert St NW, in the Diplomat Ballroom / Saturday, February 13, 2016, 8:00-10:00 pm. This is the 21st (or maybe 22nd) consecutive […]