Emil Filterbag seldom gets much public acclaim. An article by James Clarke in the November 18, 2004 issue of the South African newspaper The Star gives a nodding moment of appreciation to one of Filterberg’s many fine reports. Filterbag’s column in the recent special Beauty Issue of the Annals of Improbable Research is a typically […]
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Esther the Cold War Kitty
What is the true story behind the legendary book Esther the Cold War Kitty? Was it written by the CIA? The KGB? Both? Neither? Scholars might never agree as to what is the real story behind the story.
November mini-AIR
The November issue of mini-AIR just went out.
Policy on Sleeping Students
Robert J. Thornton, Professor of Economics at Lehigh University, writes to tell us about his latest research: On Putting Students To Sleep: A Classroom Policy Proposal This article is not about the euthanizing of undergrads, although many of my students would probably consider this to be the ?humane? thing to do to them during my […]
Little Taste Treats
Investigator Maddalena Feliciello has gathered pointers to a few guides for insect lovers (that is, for those who love to eat insects). One is at Iowa State University, one at Mississippi State University, another at Ohio State University, and a fourth is at the University of Kentucky.
Thanks Tails
Thanks Tails add a happily canine attribute to the traditionally rather un-doglike automobile. (Thanks to Mark Dionne and David Weinberger for bringing this to our attention.)
Illustrating the point
Dr Judith A Reisman wants you to avoid looking at dirty pictures. Reisman wants you to look at her explanation of the horrible things dirty pictures can do to your brain, your nervous system and your civil rights. To make it easy for you to know what she is talking about, the good doctor has […]
Interdisciplinary Research: Vegan Erotica
Vegan erotica is one of the less celebrated new fields in interdisciplinary research and development. Ig Nobel Prize winners Jack and Rexella Van Impe have produced a video called Animals in Heaven? that some may consider to be a classic in the field.
Literary Construction Technique
Investigator Genevieve Reynolds stumbled across a treatise about literary construction technique.
Who/What is Them?
"For cognitive psychologists, the student is the ideal subject. They are our drosophila, those hearty fruit flies studied by geneticists because they breed rapidly and have short lives and can be selectively bred for all sorts of traits." So says Roddy Roediger, in an essay called "What Should They Be Called?"