Tonight’s skeptically speaking will be on Improbable Research:<\/p>\n
\nMarc Abrahams<\/strong><\/p>\n
We look at the stranger side of science with Marc Abrahams, the editor of Annals of Improbable Research and creator of the the Ig Nobel Prize. Is science that makes us laugh better at making us think?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
and<\/p>\n
\nSpeaking up<\/strong>
\nNeurobiologist Dr. Richard Wassersug explains his research into the relative tastiness of Costa Rican tadpoles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nDetails here. <\/a><\/p>\nAnd, don’t forget to listen to the podcast from last week:<\/p>\n
Bad Research<\/strong><\/p>\n
Cognitive psychologist Barbara Drescher <\/strong>joins us to discuss the common mistakes scientists make, and what happens to the science when their research goes wrong.<\/p>\n
and<\/p>\n
Journalist David Dobbs<\/strong> explains the case against Marc Hauser<\/strong>, a prominent Harvard evolutionary biologist who was recently found guilty of scientific misconduct.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tonight’s skeptically speaking will be on Improbable Research: Marc Abrahams We look at the stranger side of science with Marc Abrahams, the editor of Annals of Improbable Research and creator of the the Ig Nobel Prize. Is science that makes us laugh better at making us think? and Speaking up Neurobiologist Dr. Richard Wassersug explains … Continue reading Call in, question everything<\/span>