The magazine about research that makes people LAUGH, then THINK. Real research, about anything and everything, from everywhere — research that’s maybe good or bad, important or trivial, valuable or worthless. Compiled for you, by the producers of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. Six (6) new Improbable magazine issues every year!
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2026 – Volume 32New issues will be added to this volume!
Issue 1 | Childhood Issue 2 | Mar/Apr Issue 3 | May/Jun Issue 4 | Jul/Aug Issue 5 | Sep/Oct Issue 6 | Ig Nobel 2025 – Volume 31 Buy the complete issue here !
Issue 1 | Delicious Foods? Issue 2 | Paradoxes Issue 3 | Questions Issue 4 | Digestion or Indigestion Issue 5 | Motion Issue 6 | Ig Nobel 2024 – Volume 30 Buy the complete issue here !
Issue 1 | Riddles & Puzzles Issue 2 | Ants Issue 3 | Ants & Aunts Issue 4 | Non-Quantum Physics Issue 5 | Morbid Issue 6 | Ig Nobel
2023 – Volume 29 Buy the complete issue here
Issue 1 | Advanced Theories Issue 2 | Water Issue 3 | Formulas & Recipes Issue 4 | Birds Issue 5 | Gulls, Crows, Pigeons, Woodpeckers Issue 6 | Ig Nobel
2022 – Volume 28 Buy the complete issue here !
Issue 1 | Ice Cream Issue 2 | Viruses Issue 3 | Women (and Men) Issue 4 | Men (and Women) Issue 5 | Rotation Issue 6 | Ig Nobel
2021 – Volume 27 Buy the complete issue here !
Issue 1 | Chocolate Issue 2 | Forensics Issue 3 | Haphazard Issue 4 | Ducks Issue 5 | Children Issue 6 | Ig Nobel 2020 – Volume 26 Buy the complete issue here !
Issue 1 | Psychology Issue 2 | Big Animals Issue 3 | Small Animals Issue 4 | Coffee and Tea Issue 5 | Liars and Con Men Issue 6 | Ig Nobel 2019 – Volume 25 Buy the complete issue here !
Issue 1 | Surprising Tastes Issue 2 | Special Habits & Tricks Issue 3 | Animals Issue 4 | Disgusting Research Issue 5 | Important Research? Issue 6 | Ig Nobel 2018 – Volume 24 Buy the complete issue here !
Issue 1 | Pizza & popcorn Issue 2 | Music Issue 3 | Noise Issue 4 | Numbers Issue 5 | Medical Surprises Issue 6 | Ig Nobel 2017 – Volume 23 Buy the complete issue here !
Issue 1 | Sneezing, Coughing, Nose-blowing Issue 2 | Faces Issue 3 | Fears and Tears Issue 4 | Cigarette Butts, Vegemite, and Marmite Issue 5 | Strange Questions Issue 6 | Ig Nobel 2016 – Volume 22Buy the complete issue here !
Issue 1 | Human Heads & Garlic Juice Issue 2 | Smelly Issue 3 | Time & Boredom Issue 4 | Kissing Issue 5 | RED Issue 6 | Ig Nobel 2015 – Volume 21Buy the complete issue here !
Issue 1 | Teeth Issue 2 | Hair Twists Issue 3 | Cats (and Dogs) Issue 4 | Dogs (and Cats) Issue 5 | Clever Inventions Issue 6 | Ig Nobel 2014 – Volume 20Buy the complete issue here !
Issue 1 | Miscreant Trapping Issue 2 | Cloning & Evolution Issue 3 | Centrifugal Research Issue 4 | Chewing Gum Issue 5 | Feathers Issue 6 | Ig Nobel 2013 – Volume 19Buy the complete issue here !
Issue 1 | Sloths & Vampires Issue 2 | Blushing Issue 3 | Boring Machines Issue 4 | Italian Hand Gestures Issue 5 | Tolstoys and Rifles Issue 6 | Ig The links and pages to past issues (before 2013) are currently being updated! Stay tuned.
2000 – Volume 6 Issue 1 | Ig Nobel Issue 2 | Crabs & UFOS Issue 3 | Crime & Punishment Issue 4 | Postage & Handling Issue 5 | Bomby the Bombardier Beetle Issue 6 | Eccentrics
