The special IG NOBEL issue (vol. 21, no. 6) of the magazine (the Annals of Improbable Research) is now out! Articles include: “The 2015 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony“ “Improbable Sex“ …and more, more, more, including outstandingly improbable research snippets from many fields and countries. We encourage you to subscribe (or, if you like, buy it as a single issue).
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Our magazine — the Annals of Improbable Research — all about research that makes people LAUGH, then THINK.
Improbable Research is converting from paper to PDFs
After 21 years, our magazine — Annals of Improbable Research — is abandoning paper. All issues of the magazine henceforth will be published in PDF form. Introductory NEW SUBSCRIPTION price: $15/year. This special price is available, worldwide, ONLY UNTIL OCTOBER 31, 2015. After October 31, new subscriptions will be $25/year. Please spread the word! The November/December […]
The special DOGS (and Cats) issue is out!
The special DOGS (and Cats) issue (vol. 21, no. 4) of the magazine (the Annals of Improbable Research) is now out! Articles include: “Cats and Dogs Research Review“ “Ig and Beyond: Dogs on Faces, Mice on Art“ “AIR Vents (letters from our readers)“ …and more, more, more, including new helpings of “Improbable Medical Review”, “Boys Will Be Boys”, “Soft Is […]
OUR IMPROBABLE FUTURE: PDFs Will Replace Paper
UPDATE (October 2015): We have now converted the magazine to PDFs. No more paper! You can now subscribe to the PDF edition of the magazine. (The November/December 2015 issue will be the final issue that we also publish on paper — all new issues after that will be exclusively in PDF form!) * [Here, below, is the […]
Magazine: The special TEETH issue is out
The special Teeth issue (vol. 21, no. 1) of the magazine (the Annals of Improbable Research) is now out! Articles include: “Journeys of Toothbrushes“ “Improbable Research Review“ “Improbable Sex“ …and more, more, more, including new helpings of “Improbable Medical Review”, “Boys Will Be Boys”, “Soft Is Hard”, and other outstandingly improbable research snippets from many fields and countries. We encourage […]
Announcing the Ig Nobel free-tickets-to-the-2015-ceremony winner
Earlier this year we announced that people who purchased a subscription to the Annals of Improbable Research between Sept 18 and Sept 30 would be entered in a drawing for 2 free tickets to next year’s (2015) Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony. To ensure a fair drawing, we separated the duties of numbering the eligible entries and […]
Magazine: The special FEATHERS issue is out
The special Feathers issue (vol. 20, no. 5) of the magazine (the Annals of Improbable Research) is now out! Articles include: “Feathers Research Review“ “Improbable Research Review“ “Improbable Sex“ …and more, more, more, including new helpings of “Improbable Medical Review”, “Boys Will Be Boys”, “Soft Is Hard”, and other outstandingly improbable research snippets from many fields and countries. We encourage […]
Win 2 Tickets to the 2015 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony?
Buy or renew a subscription to our magazine, The Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) by September 30th, and use the special code word when you do, and you will be entered in a drawing for 2 free tickets to the 2015 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony! What’s the code word? It’s the theme of this year’s […]
Magazine: the special Ig Nobel issue
The special Ig Nobel issue (vol. 19, no. 6) of the magazine (the Annals of Improbable Research) is now out! Articles include “The 24-7 Lectures“, “Improbable Medical Review“, “Ig® Nobel Limericks: Beetles, Cows, Intoxication“, and more, more, more, including new helpings of “Improbable Research Review”, “Boys Will Be Boys”, “Soft Is Hard”, and other outstandingly improbable research […]
We will donate a heap of Improbable Research to your school (or your whatever)…
If you want to startle your students (or colleagues, patients, or other good people) by making them LAUGH then THINK, we have a heap of Improbable Research for you to give them. For free. You need only be able to come get these things, soon. WHY: Because of impending mega-reconstruction in our building, we find […]