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Improbable Research, “Research that makes people LAUGH, then THINK”, is a science site on improbable.com, in English, funded by its readers: 28 people pay through Patreon, as the platform publishes it.

Improbable Research, a website on humorous scientific research and the Ig Nobel Prizes, run by Marc Abrahams.

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