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Special Issue: Motion
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: Motion*
Fly-Swatters and Flies*
Food Motion: Food That Moves, Cut-Onion Drops*
Animal Motion: Pig Tails and Snake Rolls*
Cattle Munching Motion*
Medical-Related Motion: Paper Cuts, Painted Bloodspatter*
Fluid Motion: Motion-Sick Drivers Excreted Fluids*
Motion Research Review: Jumping Beans, Toppling Suitcase, Mobile Throwing, Manu Splashing*
Parsnips at Sea*
Improbable Research Reviews*
May We Recommend: Jerk, Snap, Crackle, Pop*
Improbable Research Review: Improbable Research: Coffee Death and Satisfaction, Reply Train*
Medical Research: Cat Hat, Fidgeting, the Unshot*
Icky Cutesy Research: Bored Rotten, Bees Not Bees*
Ig Nobel Illustrated: Spam and Vampire Bats*
Ig® and Beyond: Stuff Longevity, Psychiatrist Shocking*
Ig Nobel Limericks: Ig Nobel Limericks: Nasal Sex Improver, Rhino Flight*
News & Notes
AIR Vents: Palate Detergent, Monkey Scratching
AIR books
Teachers’ Guide
Spot-the-Typos Contest
Unclassified Ads
Back Issues
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Artist S. Gliksman’s attempt to depict the Janus-faced nature of the human digestive system.
Some Coming Events
September 18, 2025 — The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony
September 20, 2025 — Ig Nobel Face-to-Face
November 7-9, 2025 — Falling Walls, Berlin Germany
November 12, 2025 — Monell Center, Philadelphia, USA
November TBA — Ig Nobel Face-to-Face, Tokyo, Japan
March/April, 2016 — Ig Nobel EuroTour