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Special Issue: Non-Quantum Physics
The features marked with a star (*) are based entirely on material taken straight from standard research (and other Official and Therefore Always Correct) literature. Many of the other articles are genuine, too, but we don’t know which ones.
Special Section:
Detangling, Whipping, Kicking, Walking, Telescoping*
Newtonian Physics Research Review*
Sound of Water*
Food Physics Review: Milk, Toast, Potato, Pasta, Raisins*
Animals (and Moon Bits) Aloft*
Superconductivity, Sloshing Noise*
Improbable Research Reviews*
May We Recommend: Scrotum Beauty, and Managers’ Biases*
Icky Cutesy Research: Global Worming, Death by Compaction*
Improbable Research: Piano / Earthquake, Bathtub / Black Hole, Too Much Info*
Medical Research: Smile, Grimace, Slim, Twins*
Boys Will Be Boys: Uranus, Measures, Sky, Poo*
Ig® and Beyond: Moon Running and Skipping, Dog Mouth-Licking*
Ig Nobel Limericks: Covid and A Frozen Knife*
News & Notes
AIR Vents: About Boxes
AIR Books
Teachers’ Guide
On the Front Cover
Photo of a frog that was thrust into the air during the launch of NASA’s LADEE spacecraft in 2013. (See “Animals (and Moon Bits) Aloft”, page 22)
On the Back Cover
A small dog attempting and failing to disprove Newtonian laws of motion. Photo: A.S. Kaswell
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Spring 2025 — Ig Nobel EuroTour
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