Improbable Research Show, in Phoenix, at the AAAS Meeting Improbable stuff awaits you, if you will be in Phoenix, Arizona this Friday night: **AAAS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Hyatt Regency Phoenix Hotel, **in the Regency Ballroom**— Improbable Research Show,** with **Marc Abrahams** (founder of the **Ig Nobel Prizes**) and: * **Julie Mennella** (2025 Ig Nobel Pediatrics Prize winner, for studying what a nursing baby experiences when the baby’s mother eats garlic) * **Paul Bosland** (1999 Ig Nobel Biology Prize winner, for breeding a spiceless jalapeno chile pepper) * **Improbable Dramatic Readings** (read aloud by probably dramatic readers) of very brief extracts from surprising research studies * **Bananas** **February 13 , 2026, Friday, 7:00 pm** This Improbable Research show is open free to the public. ### Share this: * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky *

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Improbable Research Show, in Phoenix, at the AAAS Meeting Improbable stuff awaits you, if you will be in Phoenix, Arizona this Friday night: **AAAS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, Hyatt Regency Phoenix Hotel, **in the Regency Ballroom**— Improbable Research Show,** with **Marc Abrahams** (founder of the **Ig Nobel Prizes**) and: * **Julie Mennella** (2025 Ig Nobel Pediatrics Prize winner, for studying what a nursing baby experiences when the baby’s mother eats garlic) * **Paul Bosland** (1999 Ig Nobel Biology Prize winner, for breeding a spiceless jalapeno chile pepper) * **Improbable Dramatic Readings** (read aloud by probably dramatic readers) of very brief extracts from surprising research studies * **Bananas** **February 13 , 2026, Friday, 7:00 pm** This Improbable Research show is open free to the public. ### Share this: * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon * Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky *

Improbable Research Show, in Phoenix, at the AAAS Meeting, Friday night, Feb 13 #GarlicMilk #SpicelessJalepenos #Bananas #IgNobel #AAASmtg improbable.com/2026/02/10/improbable-re...

Teflon diet, garlic milk and zebra cows triumph at 2025 Ig Nobel prizes Researchers into idea to blend powdered PTFE into food as a zero-calorie filler to curb hunger win chemistry prize For decades scientists, doctors and public health officials have battled to solve the...

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