Toast and tea, in the March issue of mini-AIR

The April issue of mini-AIR just went out. (mini-AIR is a wee little every-month supplement to the every-other-month magazine Annals of Improbable Research.) This month it dips into: research about TOAST and TEA. a new research limerick contest — and the winner of last month’s Cigarette-Butt-and-Urban-Bird research limerick contest. info about upcoming events, and events that are upcoming. Mel [pictured […]

September mini-AIR: The new Ig Nobel winners (plus cinnamon research)

The September issue of mini-AIR (our monthly e-mail newsletter) just went out. (mini-AIR is a wee little supplement to the magazine itself). Topics include: The 2016 Ig Nobel Prize winners Eating Cinnamon Converts Poor Learners Who Are Mice “Reading Cinnamon Activates Olfactory Brain Regions” and more It also has info about upcoming events. Mel [pictured here] says, “It’s swell.” […]

August mini-AIR: Worst Myopia Claw; Kissing, then Redness, etc.

The August issue of mini-AIR (our monthly e-mail newsletter) just went out. (mini-AIR is a wee little supplement to the magazine itself). Topics include: Worst Myopia Claw Intraocular Lens Kissing, Then Redness Heads Versus Risk Limerick Contest and more It also has info about upcoming events. Mel [pictured here] says, “It’s swell.” mini-AIR is the simplest way to keep informed […]

mini-AIR: glowing cockroaches, scorpions, and a Smelly publication

The April issue of mini-AIR (our monthly e-mail newsletter) just went out. (mini-AIR is a wee little supplement to the magazine). Topics include: Fluorescence in Cockroaches Optical Properties of a Scorpion Limerick Contest Reducing Scorpion Fluorescence and more It also has info about upcoming events. Mel [pictured here] says, “It’s swell.” mini-AIR is the simplest way to keep informed […]

mini-AIR February issue: Snakes on/in/off planes

The February issue of mini-AIR (our monthly e-mail newsletter just went out. (mini-AIR is a wee little supplement to the magazine). Topics include: Snakes in the Plane Snakes-on-an-Inclined-Plane Limerick Contest Mouse Without Shakes, On and Off a Plane and more It also has info about upcoming events. Mel [pictured here] says, “It’s swell.” mini-AIR is the simplest way to […]

mini-AIR November issue: Morphospace (and D’Arcy Thompson)

The November issue of mini-AIR (our monthly e-mail newsletter just went out. (mini-AIR is a wee little supplement to the magazine). Topics include: D’Arcy Thompson in Empirical Morphospace The Phytophagous Scarab Chafers Morphospace Limerick Competition Pie’s Null Morphospace and more It also has info about upcoming events. Mel [pictured here] says, “It’s swell.” mini-AIR is the simplest way to keep […]

mini-AIR (October issue): Monsters at the Royal Society, etc.

The October issue of mini-AIR (our monthly e-mail newsletter just went out. (mini-AIR is a wee little supplement to the magazine). Topics include: Vampires and Rabies Monsters at the Royal Society Dam, Bloodsucking Blackflies Limerick Competition and more It also has info about upcoming events. Mel [pictured here] says, “It’s swell.” mini-AIR is the simplest way to keep informed about […]

mini-AIR August issue: Screws, bolts, and so forth

The August issue of mini-AIR (our monthly e-mail newsletter just went out. (mini-AIR is a wee little supplement to the magazine). Topics include: News about the coming Ig Nobel Prize ceremony & webcast The BG Bang Limerick Competition Arm-Wrestling: A Humerus Twist Screw When Where Limerick Competition and more It also has info about upcoming events. Mel [pictured here] says, […]

mini-AIR May issue: Bang’s Cuspidor, and so forth

The May issue of mini-AIR (our monthly e-mail newsletter just went out. (mini-AIR is a wee little supplement to the magazine). Topics include: Bang’s Blutzucker The BG Bang Limerick Competition Bang’s Cuspidor and more It also has info about upcoming events. Mel [pictured here] says, “It’s swell.” mini-AIR is the simplest way to keep informed about Improbable and Ig Nobel […]