Improbable Research

CCTV footage shows the cargo ship, loaded with sand, colliding with a portion of the Majiagang Wharf in Chongming District early morning on August 9 ,2021. newsflare.com/video/446707/c…

@improbresearch @MarcAbrahams Board game Eurocracy first made Europeans laugh, then think! In times of conceptual scepsis (1992) I turned EU into board game & invited citizens to have fun with European democracy Now book describes how EU has become European democracy in reality

On Friday, July 1, 2023 the first-ever Improbable Dramatic Readings event in Poland will happen, as part of Bazyliszek, in Warsaw. improbable.com/2023/06/29/1st…

Electric meringue recipe, public relations equation, and two sleepy trivial superpowers. (My column this week in New Scientist) improbable.com/2023/06/14/ele…

The invisible-gorilla guys shine a spotlight on con men’s tricks improbable.com/2023/06/13/the…

f you have not yet read a review of Love Your Gusset, here is an opportunity to try to read one improbable.com/2023/06/13/rev…

ASME, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, is running a quiz about the Ig Nobel Prizes asme.org/topics-resourc…

Livestreamed talk for/with the Bay Area Skeptics tonight (Thursday, June 8, 2023) at 10:30 pm Pacific time. bayareascience.org/calendar/index…?

Ig Nobel Prize winner Pat Robertson — who predicted that the world would end in 1982 — died today (June 8, 2023), according to numerous news reports. improbable.com/2023/06/08/the…

"Window Pains, Hamburger & Fries, Stone on Stone, 2 New Superpowers" — my column this week in New Scientist improbable.com/2023/06/07/win…

An absolute delight to see!

An old history of no soap. improbable.com/2023/06/06/an-…

#Politico covers Dead Duck Day politico.eu/article/gone-q… #DeadDuckDay

De speciale ‘Dead Duck Day Message’ is dit jaar ingezonden door @BegijnLeBleu! Ik ga zijn proza met plezier voordragen, morgen stipt om 17:55 buiten bij @HetNatuurhist #DeadDuckDay ⬇️ hetnatuurhistorisch.nl/bezoek/activit…

Studying the menu, a June 4th ritual #DeadDuckDay

A Jerk and a Creep / Lighting Up / Live Long? / Unfunneled Superpower [my column this week in New Scientist] improbable.com/2023/05/31/a-j…

"Even lawyers hate reading 'legalese' – so why do they do it?" [Cosmos] cosmosmagazine.com/people/culture…