The January 2026 issue of mini-AIR, our teeny tiny free little e-newsletter of overflow detritus that did not fit in the magazine (Annals of Improbable Research), has just gone out.
The issue contains info about research on the topic of “This and That.”
It includes the winning entry in the competition to create a limerick to explain this study: “Analysis of Water Quality in Sea Waters After The Sea Snot Occurrence in Bima Bay West Nusa Tenggara,” S. Kasim, N. A. Pratiwi, H. Natsir, S. Liong, and I. W. Sutapa, International Journal of Acta Material, vol. 1, no. 2, 2025, pp. 91-100.
Winning limerickicist JACK SWAYDOH ULTCH writes:
Cease not to see what the sea
Delivereth up unto thee.
Is it sea snot… or not?
You’re not sure what you’ve got?
Then please send a sample to me.
In mini-AIR you can also see a limerick on that same topic by our limerick laureate, Martin Eiger.
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