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Improbable Research
By Marc AbrahamsScience
Improbable Research episodes
- Episode #1065: “The Physics of Skulking and Falling Cats”
In Podcast Episode #1065, Marc Abrahams shows an unfamiliar research study to biomedical researcher Chris Cotsapas. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue.
Remember, our Patreon donors, on most levels, get access to each podcast episode before it is made public.
Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant
6 min - Episode #1064: “The Best Life Opera (Act 3)”
In Podcast Episode #1064, Marc Abrahams presents the third act of “The Best Life”, a mini-opera which debuted in 2015 at the 25th First Annual Ig Nobel Ceremony.
Remember, our Patreon donors, on most levels, get access to each podcast episode before it is made public.
Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant
11 min - Episode #1063: “And Now, a Needle in the Rectum”
In Podcast Episode #1063, Marc Abrahams shows an unfamiliar research study to statistical geneticist Chris Cotsapas. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue.
Remember, our Patreon donors, on most levels, get access to each podcast episode before it is made public.
Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant
7 min - Episode #1062: “Happiness from Painful Insect Stings”
In Podcast Episode #1062, Marc Abrahams shows a poetical research paper — about insect-sting pain — to QI Elves James Harkin, Dan Schreiber, Anne Miller, Steve Colgan, and Alex Bell. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue.
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Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant
19 min - Episode #1061: “Jean Berko Gleason’s Disgusting Word List”
In Podcast Episode #1061, psycholinguist Jean Berko Gleason shares an unfortunate lexicon with Improbable founder Marc Abrahams.
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Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant
13 min - Episode #1060: “How Much Saliva Does a Five-Year-Old Produce?”
In Podcast Episode #1060, Marc Abrahams shows an unfamiliar research study to aerospace engineer Nicole Sharp. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue.
Remember, our Patreon donors, on most levels, get access to each podcast episode before it is made public.
Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant
13 min - Episode #1059: “The Best Life Opera (Act 2)”
In Podcast Episode #1059, Marc Abrahams presents the second act of “The Best Life”, a mini-opera which debuted in 2015 at the 25th First Annual Ig Nobel Ceremony.
Remember, our Patreon donors, on most levels, get access to each podcast episode before it is made public.
Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant
8 min - Episode #1058: “How Kids Learn to Say ‘Trick or Treat’”
In Podcast Episode #1058, Marc Abrahams shows an unfamiliar research study to psycholinguist Jean Berko Gleason. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue.
Remember, our Patreon donors, on most levels, get access to each podcast episode before it is made public.
Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant
17 min - Episode #1057: “Fifty Shades, by Gray”
In Podcast Episode #1057, Marc Abrahams shows an unfamiliar research study to physicist Melissa Franklin. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue.
Remember, our Patreon donors, on most levels, get access to each podcast episode before it is made public.
Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant
14 min - Episode #1056: “Egg in Your Eye”
In Podcast Episode #1056, Marc Abrahams shows an unfamiliar research study to psycholinguist Jean Berko Gleason. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue.
Remember, our Patreon donors, on most levels, get access to each podcast episode before it is made public.
Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant
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About Improbable Research
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Research 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.
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