Annals of Improbable Research

The magazine about research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK. There are six new issues every year.

This is the Special Italian Hand Gestures Issue.

The magazine about research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK. There are six new issues every year.

This is the Special Blushing Issue.

The magazine about research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK. There are six new issues every year.

This is the 2012 Ig Nobel Prizes Issue.

The magazine about research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK. There are six new issues every year.

This is the Special Professor Lipscomb Issue.

The magazine about research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK. There are six new issues every year.

This is the Special Animal Oddities Issue.

The magazine about research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK. There are six new issues every year.

This is the Special Missing Pieces Issue.

The magazine about research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK. There are six new issues every year.

This is the Special Sloths & Vampires Issue.

The magazine about research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK. There are six new issues every year.

This is the Special Boring Machines Issue.

The magazine about research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK. There are six new issues every year.

This is the Special Head & Brain Issue.

The magazine about research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK. There are six new issues every year.

This is the Special Mathematicians & Bears Issue.

The magazine about research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK. There are six new issues every year.

This is the 2011 Ig Nobel Prizes Issue.