Annals of Improbable Research

MARCH | APRIL 2012 (volume 18, number 2)

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Special ...And More Body Parts Issue

Eyebrows and Ears,
Pork Up Your Nose,
Has Bean Been Appreciated?…

Contents

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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Special Section: ... And More Body Parts

Body Parts Research Review* — Alice Shirrell Kaswell
Ears Research Review* — Alice Shirrell Kaswell
Eyebrows Research Review* — Alice Shirrell Kaswell

Improbable Research

Cured, Salted Pork Up Your Nose, Therapeutically* — Stephen Drew

Improbable Research Reviews*

Improbable Research Review* — Dirk Manley
Improbable Medical Review* — Bertha Vanatian
Soft Is Hard* — Alice Shirrell Kaswell and Bissell Mango
Plucked From Obscurity: Bicycle Seat, with Needles* — Marina Tsipis
Icky Cutesy Research Review* — Alice Shirrell Kaswell
Boys Will Be Boys* — Katherine Lee
May We Recommend: Sweating Fake-Foot* — Stephen Drew
Ig® and Beyond: Buffet Eaters and Sneaky Egg Eaters* — Nan Swift

News & Notes

The Birds From the Flowers: Cow / Cowrie >— R.W. Wood
AIR Vents (letters from our readers)
Teachers’ Guide
Editorial Board
Puzzling Solutions — Emil Filterbag
Ig® Nobel Limericks: Execution, Hang Length, and Beakers* — Martin Eiger
KIM CARTOON: “Gangster Fish” — Nick Kim
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On the Back Cover

A sales slip from a dry cleaning business near Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston. Note that the cleaner lists a garment category explicitly for “LABCOAT.” Slip courtesy of Mary Carmichael.