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	Annals of Improbable Research - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) is a monthly magazine devoted to scientific humour, in the form of a satirical take on the standard academic journal.
		In each issue, AIR usually showcases at least one actual piece of scientific research being done on a very strange topic, but most of their articles concern real or fictional absurd experiments, such as a comparison of apples and oranges using infrared spectroscopy.
		Scherr filed a number of court actions against AIR, alleging that it was deceptively similar to the Journal and that it had stolen the name "Ig Nobel Prize," but these actions were unsuccessful.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Annals_of_Improbable_Research (315 words)

	Ig Nobel Prize - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The awards are sometimes veiled criticism — as in the two awards given for homeopathy research, or prizes in "science education" to Kansas and Colorado state boards of education for their stance regarding the teaching of evolution — but more often they draw attention to scientific articles that have some funny or unexpected aspect.
		The first Ig Nobels were awarded in 1991, when they were described as discoveries "that cannot, or should not, be reproduced." The name is a play on the word "ignoble" and the name Nobel Prize.
		Unlike the Darwin Awards, whose aim is strictly to entertain, the aim of the Ig Nobel is also to arouse public interest in science.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize (517 words)

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		AIR home page is coming Chances are high that mini-AIR readers will soon be able to obtain a series of improbably memorable digital images of the must lurid and scientific sort.
		AIR is an intensely nonprofit educational activity of The MIT Museum.
		Research reports that merit a trip to the library: "The effects of chewing gum stick size and duration of chewing on salivary flow rate and sucrose and bicarbonate concentrations," M. Rosenhek, L. Macpherson, and C. Dawes, "Archives of Oral Biology," vol.
	www.het.brown.edu /news/air/9411.html (2332 words)

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		() The Annals* of Improbable Research (AIR) is a splendid educational magazine produced by the entire former editorial staff (1955-1994) of "The Journal of Irreproducible Results." AIR's co-founders are Marc Abrahams, who edited the Journal from 1990-1994, and Alexander Kohn, who founded the Journal in 1955 and was its editor until 1989.
		AIR is published by the MIT Museum in Cambridge, MA.
		Put more AIR in the lab, the classroom, the office, the waiting room, the library, the living room, the restroom,...the detention center.
	www.textfiles.com /magazines/MINIAIR/mair95-3.txt (2030 words)

	"Annals of Improbable Research" Archive Document - (m-air.94-01)
		AIR will be editored by Marc Abrahams, the father of the annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, who edited "The Journal of Irreproducible Results " from 1990-1994.
		AIR is IN NO WAY associated with the name "The Journal of Irreproducible Results" or with the publisher of "The Journal of Irreproducible Results." 2.
		Research reports that merit a trip to the library: "Injuries due to Falling Coconuts," by Peter Barss, "The Journal of Trauma," vol.
	www.vortex.com /air/m-air.94-01 (1881 words)

	Eric Schulman's Science Humor
		Robert Schulman, 1996, Annals of Improbable Research, Vol.
		Virginia Cox, 1997, Annals of Improbable Research, Vol.
		Anne Schulman, 1999, Annals of Improbable Research, Vol.
	members.bellatlantic.net /~vze3fs8i/air (354 words)

	artofhacking.com presents AIR408.TXT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		RESEARCH MINI-PRESENTATIONS Several pieces of outstanding improbable research will be mini- presented at the event: "Politically Correct Cardiology." "QI of IQ: A Quantum Interpretation of the Intelligence Quotient." "The Taxonomy of Barney" ATTENDING THE EVENT The event will take place at the MIT Museum, on Wednesday, December 14, at 6:30 pm.
		Research reports that merit a trip to the library: "Three cases of disputed paternity in dogs resolved by the use of DNA fingerprinting," I.F. Hermans, J Atkinson, JF Hamilton and GK Chambers, "New Zealand Veterinary Journal," vol 39, no. 2, pp.
		Each October, AIR and the MIT Museum produce the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, honoring people whose achievements cannot or should not be reproduced.
	artofhacking.com /cgi-bin/wwfs/wwfs.cgi?AREA=13630&FILE=AIR408.TXT (2274 words)

	Improbable Research -- What's New (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This is the official blog of the Ig Nobel Prizes and of the Annals of Improbable Research (AIR).
		So begins this week's Improbable Research column in The Guardian.
		Actor Dick Van Patten has a line of cat food and dog food, which, if the ads are not misleading, he finds quite tasty.
	improbable.typepad.com (693 words)

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		The Ceremony was mounted by The Annals of Improbable Research and co-sponsored by the Harvard Computer Society and by Tangents (the Harvard-Radcliffe mathematical bulletin).
		This research appears to have been conducted completely independently from that of Banjamin Waggoner, whose study, "Evolutionary Relationships Among Cheeses," was published in "The Annals of Improbable Research," vol.
		AIR's co-founders are Marc Abrahams, who edited the Journal from 1990-1994, and Alexander Kohn, who co-founded the Journal in 1955 and was its editor until 1989.
	web.mit.edu /e-club/Archive/JIR/95IgNobelPrizeWinners (2194 words)

	"Advances in Improbable Cybernetic Research" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A seminar presenting outstandingly improbable research, a surprising amount of it genuine, from The Annals of Improbable Research.
		Marc Abrahams is the editor and co-founder of "The Annals of Improbable Research" (AIR).
		Abrahams is also the father and master of ceremonies of the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, honoring individuals whose achievements "cannot or should not be reproduced." The Prizes are handed out by genuine Nobel Laureates at a gala ceremony held each October at Harvard and broadcast on National Public Radio.
	www.pangaro.com /CCS/CCS-History/CCS-AIR.html (281 words)

	About AIR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		THE MAGAZINE: The Annals of Improbable Research (also known as AIR) is a science humor magazine, full of genuine, improbable research culled from more than 10,000 science, medical, and technical, and academic journals, with some deadpan concoctions stirred into the mix.
		AIR may be the only science magazine that's read by scientists, doctors, and engineers -- and by their family and friends.
		The Annals of Improbable Research is produced by the same gang of people founded and organize the annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony.
	www.improb.com /navstrip/about.html (408 words)

	"Annals of Improbable Research" Archive Document - (m-air.96-02)
		The articles in AIR are longer, more visual, and more xeroxible than the tiny tidbits we publish in mini-AIR.
		The organization's official name is, and henceforth shall be, The Association for the Advancement of Improbable Research.
		The position in question is that of Secretary General of the Association for the Advancement of Improbable Research.
	www.vortex.com /air/m-air.96-02 (1788 words)

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		Research reports that merit a trip to the library: "Identification of Gourmet Meat Using FINS (Forensically Informative Nucleotide Sequencing)," by Alistair Raymond Russel Forrest and Patrick Robert Carnegie., "Biotechniqes," 1994, vol.
		If you would like to be a host/instigator for an Improbable Science Event for 50 or more people at your city, university, hospital, research center, high school, book store, etc., ASAP please contact the editor.
		Every October, AIR and the MIT Museum produce the Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, honoring people whose achievements cannot or should not be reproduced.
	www.textfiles.com /magazines/MINIAIR/mair9403.txt (2167 words)

	Annals of Improbable Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Annals of Improbable Research -- also known as AIR -- is a science humor magazine.
		Annals of Improbable Research - The Annals of Improbable Research -- also known as AIR -- is a science humor magazine.
		You can access every time you want The Annals of Improbable Research -- also known as AIR -- is a science humor magazine.
	www.wolist.com /wo/science/publications/journals-3384/31416.html (170 words)

	"Annals of Improbable Research" Archive Document - (m-jir.93-01)
		The authors contend that, just as victims of limb loss are often forced phsychologically to continue to behave as if their phantom limbs still exist, victims of research grant loss are often forced to continue to behave as if their grants still exist.
		A historical context is given for the recent discovery, published in the research journal "Science," that nitric oxide (NO) may play a role in penile erections.
		The author contends that recent research on nitric oxide (NO) leaves it unclear whether: (a) NO conveys a message that causes penile erection; or (b) the erection elicits the NO.
	www.vortex.com /air/m-jir.93-01 (2641 words)

	Discussion on improbable research: 4/15/98
		A paper airplane whizzed through the air and hit Stanford Nobel laureate Martin Perl in the head before he answered the first question in an interview Wednesday evening, April 8.
		Their interviewer was Marc Abrahams, editor of the irreverent science magazine The Annals of Improbable Research.
		Scott Sandford, a researcher at NASA Ames Research Center, gave a short presentation on spectroscopy.
	www.stanford.edu /dept/news/report/news/1998/april15/impair.html (698 words)

	Skeptical News
		We would be interested to hear (A) whether the ramifications of the case have congealed into a stable state; and (B) the extent to which it has enriched the (perhaps) copyrightable numbers of scientists who generate copyrightable numbers; and (C) also the new method by which imaginary numbers get their value.
		U.S. researchers have successfully tested a vaccine against human papilloma virus, a feat many consider the first step toward the eventual prevention of most cases of cervical cancer, which is caused by the virus.
		The chief achievement of the Indian researchers is to look at this process with unprecedented temporal precision, monitoring the rising magnetic field in femtosecond intervals by watching the polarization of a delayed secondary laser beam reflected from the particle plasma engulfing the sample.
	www.ntskeptics.org /news/news2002-11-24.htm (12784 words)

	AIR
		The thermometer, described in detail in AIR 1:1, is a prime example of technology transfer (in this case, from the poultry industry).
		This will be the first in a chronic series of reports devoted to improbable research at the world's great scientific and medical institutions.
		The Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) is a splendid educational magazine produced by the entire former editorial staff (1955-1994) of "The Journal of Irreproducible Results." AIR's co-founders are Marc Abrahams, who edited the Journal from 1990-1994, and Alexander Kohn, who founded the Journal in 1955 and was its editor until 1989.
	www.subgenius.com /bigfist/fun/humor/X0001_air.html (2751 words)

	The mini-Annals of Improbable Research ("mini-AIR")
		We are very pleased to announce that the first print issue of The Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) will be published in December.
		Research reports that merit a trip to the library: "The Dielectric Properties of Meat" by B. Bodakian and F. Hart, "IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation", Vol.
		If you would like to be a host/instigator for an Improbable Science Event at your city, university, hospital, research center, high school, book store, etc., ASAP please contact the editor.
	www.het.brown.edu /news/air/9408.html (2605 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Health / Science / These prizes reward improbable research
		The man who realized that blasting chickens into the air was not an effective way to measure tornado wind speed.
		Marc Abrahams, a native of Swampscott, edits the science humor magazine that sponsors the Ig Nobels, the Annals of Improbable Research.
		After folding a software company called Wisdom Simulators, he took charge of a flagging science humor magazine, where he was often asked how to win a Nobel prize.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/health_science/articles/2003/09/30/these_prizes_reward_improbable_research (614 words)

	Sniffing Out the Gay Gene - New York Times
		IT sounds like something out of the satirical journal Annals of Improbable Research: a team of Swedish neuroscientists scanned people's brains as they smelled a testosterone derivative found in men's sweat and an estrogen-like compound found in women's urine.
		In heterosexual men, a part of the hypothalamus (the seat of physical drives) responded to the female compound but not the male one; in heterosexual women and homosexual men, it was the other way around.
		In America, the biology of homosexuality is a politicized minefield that scares away scientists (and the universities and agencies that pay for their research).
	pinker.wjh.harvard.edu /articles/media/2005_05_17_newyorktimes.html (651 words)

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		AIR in DC and Toronto There are AIR shows scheduled for the DC and Toronto areas later this year (see section 1999-04-19 below for details).
		Our recommendation is the just-published "A Briefer History of Time," an improbably exciting, book-length, expanded-universe version of Eric Schulman's famous research report "The History of the Universe in 200 Words or Less," which was published in AIR 3:1.
		AIR editor MARC ABRAHAMS will present a lecture on improbable research at a meeting of the Midcontinental Chapter of the Medical Library Association (MCMLA), and be part of a panel discussion on electronic publishing.
	linuxmafia.com /pub/humour/mini-air-1999-04 (2216 words)

	ZPEnergy.com - Annals of Improbable Research & the #Ig Nobel# awards
		Abrahams, who lives in Boston, edits the satirical journal Annals of Improbable Research, which documents real but intriguing (and often funny) scientific experiments.
		Some recent winners: three Swedish researchers who wrote a report called "Chickens Prefer Beautiful Humans"; the German scientist who demonstrated that beer froth obeys the mathematical law of exponential decay; and the American who calculated the exact odds that Mikhail Gorbachev is the Antichrist.
		Abrahams left the Journals of Irreproducible Results in 1994 to start his own journal, The Annals of Improbable Research.
	www.zpenergy.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=885 (1216 words)

	EducationGuardian.co.uk \| Research \| Education higher research improbable
		It occupies a stylish chunk of the Fall 2004 issue of the research journal American Speech.
		The Dude Corpus awaits the scrutiny of future dudes and scholars of dude, who may see in it things that are invisible to us.
		· Marc Abrahams is editor of the bimonthly magazine Annals of Improbable Research (www.improbable.com) and organiser of the Ig Nobel Prize
	education.guardian.co.uk /higher/research/improbable/0,12186,1078493,00.html (507 words)

	"Annals of Improbable Research" Archive Document - (m-air.97-08)
		Of course, eyesight is one of the first things to go on mathematicians, so perhaps a pair of specs would be a good investment.
		AIR Tour of America October and ongoing Schedule to be announced.
		If you would like to host an event, please email - ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1997-08-16 How to Subscribe to AIR () Here's how to subscribe to the magnificent bi-monthly print journal The Annals* of Improbable Research -- (the real thing, not just the little bits of overflow material you have been reading here in mini-AIR)...............................................................
	www.vortex.com /air/m-air.97-08 (1908 words)

	Journal entry for October 22, 2001 -- IgNobel Prizes, and the Annals of Improbable Research. -- BEWARE of ART -- Online ...
		Journal entry for October 22, 2001 -- IgNobel Prizes, and the Annals of Improbable Research.
		Harvard University's science-humor magazine, the Annals of Improbable Research, on Thursday awarded its annual Ig Nobel Prizes, which celebrate achievements that "cannot or should not be reproduced."
		Joel Slemrod, of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and Wojciech Kopczuk, of the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, received the economics award for their conclusion that people would find ways to postpone their deaths if that would qualify them for a lower rate on the inheritance tax.
	www.beware-of-art.com /journal/2001/10/22.htm (454 words)

	Le petit monde de Timtom » Improbable Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		So we live in a world where nontrivial research on cold fusion is done by retired folks in their basement [1] and university scientist (aka “real ones”) spend their time doing eyebrow-raising research.
		Its content is very similar to what you might find in the Annals of Improbable Research.
		Discover that there actually are people trying to figure out if flying over a hord of pinguins make them slip and fall, or which is the optimal thickness of a slice of cheddar for it to develop its best taste.
	www.timtom.ch /blog/2005/08/21/improbable-research (241 words)

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