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Special Issue: The 27th First Annual Ig® Nobel Prize Ceremony
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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 2017 Ig Nobel Prizes
The 27th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony*
The 2017 Ig Nobel Prize Winners*
The Acceptance Speeches*
The 24/7 Lectures*
Libretto: The Incompetence Opera
Improbable Research*
Why Do So Many People So Often Say “So”?*
Improbable Research Reviews*
Improbable Research: Fake Shrunken Heads and Staring*
May We Recommend: The Major Malodorous Substance From the Anal Gland of the Stoat*
News & Notes
Bat Breath and Youthful Impatience
Editorial Board
Index of Special Issues
Teachers’ Guide
Unclassified Ads
On the Front Cover
Identical twins Dr. Andy Aguirre and Dr. Aaron Aguirre help demonstrate some of the prin-ciples involved in the research that led to the Cognition prize. Photo: Alexey Eliseev.
On the Back Cover
Audience members launch paper airplanes, during the 27th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. Photo: Howard I. Cannon.