Commentary on Esther the Cold War Kittyby Alice...  ...a public service, in this issue of the Annals of Improbable Research , we present three of its chapters: “Esther...  ...re than a few steps towards its target. The CIA researchers came to the conclusion that they could train cats...  ...ty and the Ac...

by Michael CammerDirector of Light Microscopy and...  ...cial thanks to Dr. Dianne Cox for tolerating this research and not complaining excessively about the laborat...  ...from the July-August 2005 issue of the Annals of Improbable Research . You can download or purchase back issues of the...  ...or someone as...

by Christopher D. McManus Silver Spring, MarylandL...  ...hom are laypersons, mistakenly think that medical researchers care only about real people and their diseases. N...  ...eful ministrations. Here is a small sample of the researchers ’ earnest solicitude.All the references belo...  ...able to get copi...

Ig Nobel Achievements distilled into limerick form...  ...ents distilled into limerick formby Martin Eiger, Improbable Research Limerick LaureateThe Ig Nobel Prizes honor achiev...  ...vol. 33, no. 6, November 2002, pp. 523–31]. Researchers worldwide were asleep.There was, before this, not...  ...the Janua...

Ig Nobel Achievements distilled into limerick form...  ...nts distilled into limerick form by Martin Eiger, Improbable Research Limerick LaureateThe Ig Nobel Prizes honor achiev...  ...and Foot Size.” [Published in Annals of Sex Research , vol. 6, no. 3, 1993, pp. 231-5.]They looked at M...  ...from the Ma...

E. Robert Schulman , C. Virginia Cox , and E. Anne...  ...periments performed by a relatively inexperienced researcher (t= 0.9167 yr). These experiments indicate that a...  ...t groups. Two of us (ERS and CVC) are experienced researchers , while one of us (EAS) is a relatively inexperien...  ...ile one of us (EA...

by Meghan L. Bellows, Department of Chemical and B...  ...ion from the May-June 2012 issue of the Annals of Improbable Research . You can download or purchase back issues of the...  ...or someone as a gift!Visit their website for more research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK.

by Marc Abrahams, Improbable Research staffThe basic laws of human stupidity are ancien...  ...itions that overmatch their competence. But their research was neither the beginning nor the end of the stor...  ...otion method.Their paper cited the works of other researchers who ha...

(Image credit: Flickr user michelle@TNS) by Stephe...  ...redit: Flickr user michelle@TNS) by Stephen Drew, Improbable ResearchA new medical study recommends a method called &ldq...  ...from the March-April 2012 issue of the Annals of Improbable Research . You can download or purchase back issues of the...  ...o...

Words: Marc Abrahams (acts 1-4), Tom Lehrer (Act 5...  ...rd Medical School. Dr. Michel has been doing some research on the health effects of coffee. Maybe he’l...  ...the November-December 2011 issue of the Annals of Improbable Research . You can download or purchase back issues of the...  ...or someone a...