Marc Abrahams

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editor of Annals of Improbable Research, organizer of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. I write about research (and other stuff) that makes people LAUGH then THINK. https://improbable.com/whatis/about-marc-abrahams/
Marc Abrahams18h ago
Every day people send us research reports that intrigue them. A few of these reports may be beyond the understanding of anyone in addition to the people who wrote them. S.G. Bershadsky send us a copy of a report that may be in that category. https://improbable.com/2026/05/05/beyond-understanding-we-will-live-much-longer/
Marc Abrahams18h ago
Bait and switch, loot and destroy. That's it — that's the entire plan. Maganificent. https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-5-2026
May 5, 2026

Late yesterday, Republicans in the Senate released their funding request for the budget reconciliation bill.

Letters from an American
Marc Abrahams3d ago
SellaTheChemist3d ago
Catching up with a pile of old newspapers, I find @MarcAbrahams staring out of the 23 April edition of Le Temps. It’s a great paper with smart journalists and little clickbait. IgNobels excepted, of course. 😜
A very good interview with trenchant comment on the threat to US science. And even a passing reference to two banana-clad “badauds” (gawkers/flâneurs).
Marc Abrahams3d ago
This Shouldn’t Work — A Multimedia Spectacle Where Improbable, Ig Nobel, Indecent and Questionable Ideas Are Examined Closely [Bangalore] https://bangaloreinternationalcentre.org/event/this-shouldnt-work/
This Shouldn’t Work - Bangalore International Centre

A Multimedia Spectacle Where Improbable, Ig Nobel, Indecent and Questionable Ideas Are Examined Closely RSVP <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0AQ6da6fprVNLaTt9szeJEQMZ6_3llLJD0JzhHFTY8TbJpQ/viewform?usp=pp_url" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>

Bangalore International Centre
Marc Abrahams3d ago
Techniques of Successful Con Men: Make doubters see that you are very fierce.
A headline in People magazine, on March 13, 2026, says: “Trump Admin Drops the Olive Branch from U.S. Seal on New Dime Coins, Keeps the Arrows — The new dime is one of several redesigned coins issued to celebrate the nation’s semiquincentennial” https://improbablestuff.substack.com/p/con-men-show-how-tough-you-are
Marc Abrahams5d ago
𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"5d ago
Hey guys do I need to get a lawyer? #8647now
Marc Abrahams5d ago
"The Mallard Duck that was subjected to necrophilia – and became world famous", Dagens Nyheter [Sweden], May 1, 2026 https://www.dn.se/sverige/maria-gunther-grasanden-utsattes-for-nekrofili-och-blev-varldsberomd/
Maria Gunther: IgNobelprisets Europaturné i Lund

IgNobelpriset som belönar forskning som först får dig att skratta, sedan att tänka, höll show vid Lunds universitet, med en legendarisk gräsand på scen.

Dagens Nyheter
Marc Abrahams6d ago
Video of the Ig Nobel shows at Lund University and at EPFL https://improbable.com/2026/04/30/video-of-the-ig-nobel-shows-at-lund-university-and-at-epfl/
Marc Abrahams6d ago
"The World’s Longest-Running Experiment Is Still Teaching Us Physics" https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/resources/science-experiments/the-worlds-longest-running-experiment-is-still-teaching-us-physics/
The World's Longest-Running Experiment Is Still Teaching Us Physics

We're nearing the experiment's 100th year and 10th drop.

ZME Science
Marc Abrahams6d ago
"Bananes, Donald Trump et canard nécrophile: rencontre avec Marc Abrahams, le fondateur des Ig Nobels" [interview in the Geneva newspaper Le Temps] a few hours prior to the Ig Nobel Prize show at EPFL https://www.letemps.ch/articles/bananes-donald-trump-et-canard-necrophile-rencontre-avec-marc-abrahams-le-fondateur-des-ig-nobels/gifts/Xc3vvkrt52A6XFSFcCsu6kEs66XLYDvKUJqW7AJi