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Marc Abrahams is the editor and co-founder of the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research (AIR). The magazine publishes both genuine research and satire, distilled into articles that first make people LAUGH, then make people THINK.
He is the father and master of ceremonies of the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, honoring individuals whose achievements that first make people LAUGH, then make people THINK.
Abrahams is author of the book The Ig Nobel Prizes and the monthly e-newsletter mini-AIR. He also writes a weekly column, called "Improbable Research," for the British newspaper The Guardian.
Abrahams also writes for other publications on the topics of science, technology and medicine. He wrote the back-page humor column for the late, lamented computer magazine Byte and a monthly back-page humor column for the engineering magazine Design News, and has been a commentator for ABC-TV's World News Now and on public radio.
He also frequently performs lectures that show both the funny side AND the importance of science, medicine, and technology.
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Sex, Drugs and Peanut Butter: Advances in Improbable Research
The Taxonomy of Barney and the Future of Science Education
The Ig Nobel Prizes: The Fine Line Between Sound and Silly Science
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