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)
Ig Nobel Prize winner  Abigail Baird  (fMRI discovery of brain activity in a dead salmon)
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. Bring friends (seating is limited—arrive early if you want a seat) #AAASmtg



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