"’Homemade Zygotes — Just Like Mom’s!’" You may not be that far off!" So writes investigator Ron Josephson. The phrase is familiar to regular readers of AIR’s Unclassified Ads section, in which an ad saying exactly that has been appearing relentlessly for years now. See for example, the Unclassified Ads section in the magazine’s Jan//Feb […]
Pek’s Pictures
Scientific reports don’t have to be dull or overly complex. Consider this passage: “OBJECTIVE: To find out whether taking images of the male and female genitals during coitus is feasible and… So begins this week’s Improbable Research column in The Guardian. Read it here.
Another Look at “Trinkaus: Another Look”
If you you can’t get enough Trinkaus — and be aware that that makes you part of a growing horde — a rich analytical look is now available. Investigator Don Danila has written “Trinkaus: Another Informal Look.” It was published in the Nov/Dec 2003 issue of the Annals of Improbable Research. Partly because of the […]
Five Pages on Cake
If you read our recent column “The Mystery of the Yellow Cake” (in The Guardian) about a mathematics paper called “The Yellow Cake,” and were bemused or confused, here’s a remedy. The phrase “yellow cake” is not explained or even mentioned anywhere in “The Yellow Cake.” That is the mystery. We have just received a […]