Investigator Edmond Orignac contributes to the MAY WE RECOMMEND: The Science of G. Bush project: *** It should be noted that there was a George Bush who was a professor of Hebrew and Oriental Litterature at the New York City University (I guess this was the old name of CUNY) in the 1830s. George Bush […]
Year: 2007
Improbable Research is now open access!
Welcome to the grand Improbable Research experiment. We are putting the entire magazine online for free. Beginning with the current issue — vol. 13, no. 6, November/December 2007, the special Ig Nobel issue — the Annals of Improbable Research will be available online in three forms. Several years of back issues are also online (though […]
December mini-AIR
The December issue of mini-AIR just went out. Topics include: The Rupziyat Boppum Challenge; Baker’s Honey Conundrum; the Bjork-Shiley Convexo-Concave Valves Competition; Sopranos Last Longer; etc.(If you would like to have mini-AIR automatically sent to your email box every month, please subscribe to it. It?s free.)
Rear a cow to run a car
Dr. Hari Mohan Saxena submits the research program below. Dr. Saxena is Professor cum Head, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Science, GADVASU, Ludhiana India. The drawing is by his daughter, Priyanka Saxena. Dr. Saxena writes: *** The cow is worshipped in India because it gives milk to nourish the body. However, there is […]