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Table of Contents for
Vol. 12, No. 2, Mar/Apr 2006
Painting issue
The features marked with a star (*) are based entirely on material taken straight from standard research (and other Official and Therefore Always Correct) literature. Many of the other articles are genuine, too, but we don't know which ones.
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On the front cover: A candid photo of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Mona Lisa. Photo: A.W. Kaswell, Improbable Research staff.
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On the back cover: Leonardo DaVinci’s painting Mona Lisa, fitted with modern, color-changing contact lenses. Image: L. DaVinci and A.W. Kaswell, Improbable Research staff.
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Cover design by Peaco Todd.
Special Section: PAINTING
- 6 -- Canine Reactions to the Mona Lisa -- Catherine Maloney, Sarah J. Lichtblau, Nadya Karpook, Carolyn Chou, and Anthony Arena-DeRosa
- 8 -- Mona Lisa -- All Things to Some Researchers* -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell
- 10 -- Painting Research Review* -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell
- 14 -- Why Engineers Paint* -- Marc Abrahams
Special Section: GRAND CANYON RESEARCH
- 18 -- Is the Grand Canyon a Fake?* -- Earle E. Spamer
- 24 -- Other Grand Canyons* -- Earle E. Spamer
- 26 -- Grand Canyon Research Review* -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell
- 27 -- What’s New With the Grand Canyon?* -- Stephen Drew
Improbable Research Reviews*
- 4 -- Improbable Research Review* -- Dirk Manley
- 5 -- Improbable Medical Review* -- Bertha Vanatian
- 17 -- Boys Will Be Boys* -- Katherine Lee
- 23 -- May We Recommend* -- Stephen Drew
- 28 -- Icky Cutesy Research Review* -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell
- 29 -- Soft is Hard* -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell and Bissell Mango
News & Notes
- IFC -- Introducing Our European Bureau Chief
- 2 -- AIR Vents (letters from our readers)
- 9 -- AIR Books
- 11 -- Ig Nobel Invitation
- 12 -- HMO-NO News: Double Protection!
- 23 -- Teachers’ Guide
- 30 -- Bends on the Learning Curve -- Richard Lederer
- 30 -- CARTOON: “It’s Beautiful” -- Nick Kim
- 31 -- Puzzling Solutions -- Emil Filterbag
- 31 -- Back Issues
- IBC -- Unclassified Ads
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