The AAAS Annual Meeting is happening this week. Join us at the Improbable Research session, on Thursday, February 11, from 2:15 to 3:15. Navigate to the AAAS Meeting live channel <https://virtual.aaas.org/landing> (NOTE: The Improbable Research session is a public session, which means that you can probably watch it even if you have not paid to […]
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Ten Years Ago and Again at AAAS: The Emergency Bra
Ten years ago, an emergency defense against airborne viruses (and much else) starred in the Improbable Research session at the Annual Meeting of the AAAS (Association for the Advancement of Science), held that year (2011) in Washington, DC. Johnathan Gitlin wrote about it—and took part in the event—for Ars Technica: At this point, forgetting the […]
AAAS Twitter discussion about Surprising Things, Monday!
Join us and some surprising people in a twitter discussion about surprising things in science. This is part of the AAAS’s new Virtual Media initiative. The AAAS is of course the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which publishes Science magazine, organizes the AAAS Annual Meeting (at which we have done an Improbable Research […]
Improbable Research Saturday night in Seattle
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 […]
