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Special Issue: The 26th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony
Man As Goat,
Bullshit,
Sex Life of Rats in Pants…
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: The 2016 Ig Nobel Prizes
The 26th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony*
The 2016 Ig Nobel Prize Winners*
The Acceptance Speeches*
The 24/7 Lectures*
The Tic Tock Toe Competition*
Libretto: The Last Second*
Improbable Research Reviews*
Improbable Research: Walking With Chopsticks and Crowds*
Medical: Gut Phone, Dental Sounds*
News & Notes
AIR Vents (letters from our readers): Smoke, Kid, Chicken, Vomit
Editorial Board
KIM CARTOON: “When Chemists Take Acid Trips”
Index of Special Issues
Teachers’ Guide
Unclassified Ads
On the Front Cover
Thomas Thwaites, co-winner of the Ig Nobel Biology Prize. Photo: Howard I. Canon.
On the Back Cover
Technical drawings from US patent application 2005/0055221, “A branding-energy amplifier for amplifying the branding energy of the Volkswagen beetle.”