The January issue of mini-AIR just went out. (mini-AIR is a wee little supplement to the magnificent magazine Annals of Improbable Research.) Topics include: The P-p-p-p-Power of the Words, Words, Words News about the upcoming events in NYC, Boston, and Europe “PPP versus PPPP — What is Wrong in Denmark?” and more It also has info about […]
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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 […]
April mini-AIR: Joints, bones, and pitted pebbles
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: How Many Joints? Ig Nobel Eurotour Thanks, and Next Year Green: Thumb Injury Limerick Competition Salamander 5th Toe Loss and more It also has info about upcoming events. Mel [pictured here] says, “It’s swell.” mini-AIR […]