I’m going to be on NPR’s Science Friday program again today, discussing Chernoff faces. This will be in Hour 2 of the program, in the final ten minutes. Listen on an NPR station, or online. Here’s Herman Chernoff‘s original study [with a link to a PDF of the entire thing]: “The Use of Faces to […]
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Improbable research on “Science Friday” today
Today, on National Public Radio’s “Science Friday with Ira Flatow [Ira is pictured here]” program: From farting fish, to the laws of stupidity, Marc Abrahams (editor and co-founder of The Annals of Improbable Research) has a knack for finding science that “makes you laugh, and then makes you think.” Abrahams discusses some improbable research, and […]
TODAY: Ig Nobel “Science Friday” broadcast
In America, science has a great day-after-Thanksgiving tradition (we say immodestly): the special Ig Nobel Prize broadcast on National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation — Science Friday program. This specially edited version of the year’s Ig Nobel Prize ceremony will be the first hour of the two-hour Science Friday program. In most—but not all!—cities this will be from 2:00-3:00 pm. (Some NPR […]
Ig Nobel on “Science Friday” this Friday
This Friday comes a once-a-year special treat on the National Public Radio program “Science Friday“. It’s the (19th!) annual day-after-Thanksgiving specially edited version of the year’s (the 20th!) Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. WHEN: Friday, November 26, 2010. It will be the first hour of the two-hour “Science Friday” program. In most—but not all!—cities this will […]