"Improbable After Dark" tonight in Edinburgh

It's Edinburgh tonight for the 2012 Ig Nobel Tour of the UK.

This will be a special "Improbable After Dark" show, at Counting House, 36 West Nicolson Street. Expect an all-star cast of scientists, journalists, and entertainers each doing exceedingly-brief readings from genuine, improbable scientific studies. If you are easily offended by anything, do not come to this show. 

It features: Marc Abrahams; Sergio Dalla Sala (Professor of Human Cognitive Neuroscience); Sian Bevan (Comedian and Writer); Simon Gage OBE (Director of the Edinburgh International Science Festival);  Colin Macilwain (writer for Nature and Science); Peter Harrison (writer/performer); and Others to be announced. With a preface by Richard Wiseman. Organized by Sid Rodrigues and Steve Farrar, co-sponsored by Skeptics in the Pub.

BONUS: Dundee: And on Saturday night: Dundee, the most McGonagallistical show of the entire tour, and also the final show of the UK tour. A few tickets are still available for that show — but act quickly if you want to snag one.

BONUS: India: An entire clutch of Ig Nobel Prize winners is gathering in Pilani, India for two days of Ig Nobel talks and demonstrations at the APOGEE festival.

BONUS: Scandinavia: And then… the Ig Nobel Tour of Scandinavia begins next week.