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Special Issue: The 28th First Annual Ig® Nobel Prizes
Saliva in Art Museums
Cannibalism, Nutritionally
Lessons From Self-Colonoscopy…
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Contents
Special Section: The 2018 Ig Nobel Prizes
The 28th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony*
The 2018 Ig Nobel Prize Winners*
The Acceptance Speeches*
The 24/7 Lectures*
Libretto: The Broken Heart Opera
Improbable Research Reviews*
May We Recommend: Levitation of Ladybugs*
Improbable Research: Bug Stomping, Mathematical Teeth Clenching*
Medical Research: Medical Postage Stamps*
News & Notes
AIRVents (letters from our readers): Joy and Life of Joy and Death
Ig® Nobel Limericks: Swallow a Shrew*
Editorial Board
Index of Special Issues
Teachers’ Guide
Unclassified Ads
On the Front Cover
Physics professor Melissa Franklin, biology professor Dany Adams, and physician/biomedical researcher Deborah Anderson use balloons and stamps to demonstrate the stamp test, a simple technique that was honored with the Ig Nobel Prize for Reproductive Medicine. Photo: Alexey Eliseev.
On the Back Cover
Medical Education prize winner Akira Horiuchi receives his Ig Nobel Prize from Nobel laureate Wolfgang Ketterle. Human curtain rod (and the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists’ 2015 Woman of the Year) Anne Madden savors the moment. Photo: Howard Cannon.