The Best Science Stories Are Improbable (At First Glance)

Marc Abrahams writes about research that makes people laugh, then think. Abrahams founded the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony in 1991, and serves as Master of Ceremonies. He co-founded and edits the magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), and wrote This is Improbable, The Ig Nobel Prizes, and other books. He edits and writes much of the website and blog www.improbable.com, and the monthly newsletter mini-AIR. The Washington Post called Abrahams “the nation’s guru of academic grunge.”