Improbable Research
Marc AbrahamsResearch that makes people LAUGH, then THINK — research about anything and everything, from everywhere —research that's good or bad, important or trivial, valuable or worthless. Presented by Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 109 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Category | Science | ||||
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In Podcast Episode #1095, Marc Abrahams shows an unfamiliar research study to psycholinguist Jean Berko Gleason. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue.
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The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK.
In the Ig Informal Lectures, some days after the ceremony, the new Ig Nobel Prize winners attempt to explain what they did, and why they did it. We released these lectures o... more
The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK.
In the Ig Informal Lectures, some days after the ceremony, the new Ig Nobel Prize winners attempt to explain what they did, and why they did it. We released these lectures o... more
The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, then THINK.
In the Ig Informal Lectures, some days after the ceremony, the new Ig Nobel Prize winners attempt to explain what they did, and why they did it. We released these lectures o... more
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If you don’t know what the Ig Nobel Prize is you’re missing out on some of humankind’s most interesting explorations and discoveries. A satiric counterpart to the Nobel Prize it recognises scientific research that ‘honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think’. Improbably Research is the sister podcast to the awards taking a broader look at the curious and quirky studies performed around the globe.
Hosted by Marc Abrahams in a delightfully awkward manner it plays wi... more
Podchaser54 years agoRichard Le Poidevin- So glad to have this fascinating podcast back!
Entertaining and educational.
Apple Podcasts5YGlen
United States6 years ago - The Et Cetera of Science
The oft overlooked and even ofter under appreciated elements of our entropic universe finally have their moment in this podcast of the Improbable. It’s a near variety show dedicated to those studies and research papers and inventions of the least note but greatest absurdity.
A made-up musically motivated malady? The nose and it’s capacity to cool? Pigeons?! It’s all there! And guests from all realms of the sciences join the fun as they help Marc to recite some of the more improbable inclusions... more
Apple Podcasts5Truer WordsUnited States6 years ago
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Apple Podcasts | #45 |  South Africa/Science |
Apple Podcasts | #69 |  South Korea/Science |
Apple Podcasts | #167 |  Denmark/Science |
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