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Special Issue: Surprising Tastes
Watching Strangers Eat
Mousy Off-Flavor in Corks
Vegetarians Versus Meat Eaters…
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Contents
Special Section: Surprising Tastes
Tastes Different*
Mousy Off-Flavor in Corks
Vegetarians Versus Meat Eaters*
Watching What Strangers Eat*
Improbable Research Reviews
May We Recommend: Boring Speakers
Improbable Research: Bowel Sounds, Rock Stars, Standing Ovation*
Medical Research: Bowel Sounds, Sunglasses, Snake Detection*
Icky Cutesy: Beach Vibes, Pits Comparison*
Splatt and Weedon—The Birth of Nominative Determinism*
Boys Will Be Boys: Postmen, Laces, Rectal Pitch*
Ig® and Beyond: Plane Noise, Colorful Bowl, Bad Popcorn*
News & Notes
AIRVents (letters from our readers): Big on Particles
Ig® Nobel Limericks: Mouse Heart Opera, Single-handed Applause*
Editorial Board
Index of Special Issues
Teachers’ Guide
Unclassified Ads
On the Front Cover
Detail from the study “Emotions Generated by Meat and Other Food Products in Women.” See page 15.
On the Back Cover
Chocolates, in the shapes and colors of cosmetics, scissors, and other non-comestibles, on sale in a shop in the Manchester Piccadilly railway station, UK. Photo: Alice Shirrell Kaswell.