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Special Issue: Cloning & Evolution
Gingerbread Men Cloning,
Viagra-Induced Fractal Mushrooming,
LEGO™ Evolution in a Washing Machine…
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.
Contents
Special section: Cloning and Evolution
Evolution of Complexes from LEGO™ Bricks in a Washing Machine* – Ingo Althöfer
Genetic Deterioration over Nine Generations of Cloned Gingerbread Men* – Ken Ralphs
Evolution Research Review* – Katherine Lee
Improbable Research
Viagra Induces Fractal Growth in Mushrooms in Switzerland* – Gabriele Losa
Dour President Calvin Coolidge and the Sex Life of a Rat* – Richard Stephens
Improbable Research Reviews*
Improbable Research Review* – Dirk Manley
Improbable Medical Review* – Bertha Vanatian
Plucked From Obscurity: The Williams Animal Trap* – Marina Tsipis
Hot Showers and Loneliness, Then and Later* – Stephen Drew
Soft Is Hard* – Alice Shirrell Kaswell and Bissell Mango
Boys Will Be Boys* – Katherine Lee
Ig® and Beyond: The Curl of a Suspended Hair*– Nan Swift
Improbable Sex* – Marc Abrahams Icky Cutesy Research Review* – Alice Shirrell Kaswell
News & Notes
Ig Nobel and Improbable Research Books
AIR Vents (letters from our readers)
Editorial Board
Puzzling Solutions – Emil Filterbag
Teachers’ Guide
Ig® Nobel Limericks: Hiccups, Nukes, and Placebos* – Martin Eiger
Subscriptions and eBooks for You and Your Colleagues
KIM CARTOON: “Criminal Arthropods” – Nick Kim
Index of Special Issues
Unclassified Ads
On the Front Cover
Evidence of genetic deterioration after several generations of cloned gingerbread men. See page 9.
On the Back Cover
Prototype of the XV-8A Fleep flexible wing aircraft being “flown” in a wind tunnel in 1962. Photo: NASA Langley Research Center.