The special STRESS issue of the magazine (Improbable Research)

The special STRESS issue (volume 32, number 2, March/April 2026) of the magazine Annals of Improbable Research has gone go out to subscribers.

Even if you are not a subscriber you can read several of its articles online free, for looks at many aspects of digestion and/or indigestion:

  • Stress Research Review: Bungee Jumping, Hair Growth*
  • Boredom/Excitement/Stress*
  • Hair and Stress*
  • Speaking and Stress*
  • Fear and Stress, Fish and Coffee*
  • Hellhammer’s Stress Test*
  • Men and Stress*
  • Cats and Rats and Stress*
  • Crabs, Housing, Stress*
  • Dogs and Chickens and Stress*
  • May We Recommend: Hand to Pink Tarantula*
  • Ig Nobel Illustrated: A Curious Couple of Ducks*
  • Improbable Research Review: Mosquito Schnozzes, Come
  • Stopwatch, Cow Semiotics*
  • Medical Research: Sun Staring, Ski Drinking, Pagan Spells*
  • Ig® and Beyond: Ravens Remember, Butterflies Carry On*
  • Ig Nobel Limericks: Underpants Fabrics, Woodpecker Headaches*
  • AIR Vents: Whispering and Kissing and Plosives Power
  • and more

We invite you to  subscribe to the magazine (six new issues a year, each in PDF form), or treat yourself to some back issues.

Improbable Research