Annals of Improbable Research (AIR)
Table of Contents for Volume 8, Issue 3, May / June 2002
NANO-FRIENDSHIP issue
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On the front cover: The cosmic finger of friendship -- a photograph of the so-called “Keyhole Nebula,” See page 4. Photo was produced by the Hubble Heritage Team (NASA/AURA/STScI) using data collected by the Hubble Heritage Team with the assistance of N. Walborn (STScI), R. Barba (La Plata Obs., Argentina), and A. Caulet (France). Cover design by Peaco Todd. (To see the front cover enlarged, click on the image.)
On the back cover: To find out what the "This" of "What Is This?" is, see page 1 of the print issue. (To see the back cover enlarged, click on the image.)
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.
Special Section: NANO-FRIENDSHIP
- 4 -- The Cosmic Finger of Friendship -- Stephen Drew
- 5 -- Increasing the Kissing Rate in the USA -- Maria Inês Varela Silva
- 8 -- PHOTO-MICROGRAPH: A Nano-Robin -- Nasir Hussain, Behrooz Nasseri, and A.T. Florence
- 9 -- The Sleep-Retardant Properties of My Ex-Girlfriend -- Ryan Shaun Baker
- 12 -- Nano-Porn™: Assiduous Assessment of Proteins -- Daniël Blom and David Speijer
- 13 -- Why
I Will Never Have a Girlfriend -- Tristan Miller
Shifty New Paradigms
- 25 -- Guidelines for Submitting a Research Paper* -- Ernestine Ersatz
- 25 -- Tipping Points (Rind)*-- Stephen Drew and Alice Shirell Kaswell
- 29 -- How Do Porcupines Make Love?* -- Wendy Cooper
AIRhead Research Roundup*
- 18 -- May We Recommend* -- Stephen Drew
- 20 -- AIRhead Research Review* -- Dirk Manley
- 21 -- Boys Will Be Boys* -- Katherine Lee
- 22 -- Soft is Hard* -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell, G. Neil Martin, and Bissell Mango
- 26 -- Scientists Now Know...* -- Ada Tussock
- 27 -- Icky Cutesy Research Review* -- Alice Shirrell Kaswell
- 28 -- Plucked From Obscurity: Subliminal TV Images* -- Marina Tsipis
Medical Breakthroughs
- 17 -- AIRhead Medical Review*-- Bertha Vanatian, M.D.
- 19 -- The HMO NO Newsletter: Just Say “Half” to Drugs!
Images & Poetry
- 16 -- Dog and Homework -- Nick Kim
- 23 -- Der Werwolf -- Christian Morgenstern / Jerry Lettvin
- Back cover-- What Is This Picture?
News & Notes
- 2 -- AIR Vents (letters from our readers)
- 19 -- Solution to Last Issue’s Puzzler
Miscellany
- 3 -- English, German and Italian AIR and Time
- 8 -- Teachers’ Guide
- 11 -- Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony Info
- 31-- Stale AIR
- Inside back cover -- Unclassified Ads