The March issue of mini-AIR (our monthly newsletter — it’s a wee little supplement to the magazine) just went out. You can read it online, too. Topics include: The Bogus Butter Question Details about upcoming shows in Geneva The winner of last month’s Bass-Described Singing Fish Competition Maltol from the putrid urine of rabbit and more It also has info […]
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mini-AIR March issue: Musical this and that underwater
The March issue of mini-AIR (our wee little monthly newsletter) just went out. You can read it online, too. Topics include: Musical stuff underwater Other musical stuff underwater Details about upcoming shows in UK, US, Switzerland More musical stuff underwater and more It also has info about upcoming events. Mel [pictured here] says, “It’s swell.” mini-AIR is the […]
mini-AIR (Feb issue): Feathers and Gebrauchsmusterschrift
The February issue of mini-AIR (our wee little monthly newsletter) just went out. You can read it online, too. Topics include: Feathers Gebrauchsmusterschrift Details about upcoming shows in Scandinavia & the UK More feathers 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 (January issue): “Clay Modeling and Chocolate Craving”
The January issue of mini-AIR just went out. Topics include: Clay Modeling and Chocolate Craving Fraud Brainstorming Some details about the AAAS show and the Europe shows 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 news […]
December mini-AIR: Shoulder sampling, rat catcher, etc.
The December issue of mini-AIR just went out. Topics include: Perspicacity into the Nexus of Moral Maxims Shoulder sampling Experiences of a Reluctant Rat-Catcher 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 news and events. Just […]
November mini-AIR: Bohr, Bohm, Born Before Born & Grimm
The November issue of mini-AIR just went out. Topics include: Bohr, Bohm, Born Before Born Digested Domestic Sludge Grimm’s Device for Upsetting and Crimping and more It also has info about upcoming events (in late Nov, and early Dec). Mel [pictured here] says, “It’s swell.” (mini-AIR is the simplest way to keep informed about Improbable and […]
October mini-AIR: Chocolate, vanilla, and moths
The October issue of mini-AIR just went out. Topics include: Moths and chocolate and vanilla Megaripples News about the Ig Nobel winners and more It also has info about upcoming events (in late Oct, and Nov). Mel [pictured here] says, “It’s swell.” (mini-AIR is the simplest way to keep informed about Improbable and Ig Nobel news […]
September issue of mini-AIR: Tube Rot, and such
The September issue of mini-AIR just went out. Topics include: news about the upcoming Ig Nobel ceremony & related events Repetitious Recurrence of Ohno & Ohno Another Look at Tube Rot and more It also has info about the upcoming events in the UK (in late Sept / early Oct). Mel [pictured here] says, “It’s swell.” […]
August issue of mini-AIR
The August issue of mini-AIR just went out. Topics include: The traditional rivalry between fire ants and carrion flies “Automatic Recognition of Eye Blinking in Spontaneously Occurring Behavior” and more It also has info about the upcoming release of the new book, and about the Ig Nobel ceremony and lectures. Mel [pictured here] says, “It’s swell.” (mini-AIR […]
July mini-AIR: “Biosorption and Me”, etc.
The July issue of mini-AIR just went out. Topics include: “Biosorption and Me” Human Cow-Output Dependence and more It also has this winning entry (by INVESTIGATOR NEIL GREENBERG) for last month’s competition. which asked for a limerick to honor the study “Experience With the Use of a Defoaming Agent in The Treatment of Gastrointestinal Gas“: Ingesting of […]