Annals of Improbable Research JAN | FEB 2021 (vol 27, number 1)

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Special Issue: Chocolate

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Contents

Special Section: Chocolate

May We Recommend: Mindful Chocolate Consumption*
Chocolate and Higher Cognition*
Chocolate, Suicide, and Murder*
Chocolate and Surveying: Cravings, Guilt, and Bribery*
 Medical Research Review: Fractured Teeth, Softened Stools?*
Chocolate Research Review: Cookie Mapping, Winter Chocolate*
Chocolate-Driven Physiology: Scuba Diving, Pulse of Consumers*
Chocolate In or And or As Other Foods*
Children Research Review: Clap Snack, Chocolate, Sweetened Infants*

Improbable Research Reviews*

Improbable Research: Hair Ship, Exasperated Last Speakers*
Ig® and Beyond: Taste-Altering Cup Color, Why Clothes Don’t Fall Apart*

News and Notes

AIR Vents (letters from our readers): Nosewitnessing and Big Heads
Teachers’ Guide
Ig Nobel Limericks: Syrup Swimming, Didgeridoo Sleeping*
Editorial Board
Index of Special Issues
Unclassified Ads

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Slightly-stylized artistic interpretation of detail from the study “Dental Fracture and Chocolate Candies: Case Report.” See page 15.