IC Radio has a recording of the Ig Nobel show we did at Imperial College London this past March (it was the 8th annual show we’ve done there in conjunction with the UK’s National Science Week). IC radio describes it this way: Recorded at the Imperial College tour show, speakers include Marc Abrahams, Ian Day […]
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Mysterious nature of stiletto-heel-to-the-head assault reports
Early reports of a professor’s death via stiletto heel reek of mystery. This report by ABC News, from Houston, Texas, USA, on June 10, 2013, is typical: A Houston woman was charged with murder after she allegedly stabbed a University of Houston professor to death with a stiletto heel at a luxury high-rise condominium. Ana Trujillo, 44, was […]
Improbable bizarre-studies performance at ARISIA this Saturday
Join us this Saturday, for the Improbable Research session at ARISIA, in Boston. Marc Abrahams will introduce an all-star lineup. The performers will do dramatic, two-minute readings from bizarre studies collected by the Annals of Improbable Research. Each performer will be unfamiliar with the study she or he is reading aloud, aside from skimming through it immediately before the […]