Improbable Research tonight in Washington, DC
Join us tonight at the Improbable Research show at the AAAS Annual Meeting, Omni Shoreham Hotel (in the Diplomat Ballroom), Washington DC—The annual Improbable Research session will include:
- Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony
- Ig Nobel Prize winner David Wartinger (using roller coaster rides to try to hasten the passage of kidney stones)
- The Dunning-Kruger Song
- Ig Nobel Prize winner Nathaniel Barr (“On the Reception and Detection of Pseudo-Profound Bullshit“)
- Marguerite E. Matherne (how effective is tail-swishing in large animals?)
- Eric Schulman (A history of the universe in 100 words, in Czech)
- Olga Shishkov (the biomechanics of maggots)
- and maybe other people and things
This session is open free to the public. (Seating is limited—arrive early if you want a seat.) #AAASmtg
