Food & Function (a publication of the Royal Society of Chemistry) is a monthly peer-reviewed journal which provides a unique venue to publish work at the interface of the chemistry, physics and biology of food. For an example article see: Fluid mechanics of eating, swallowing and digestion – overview and perspectives, Jan Engmann and Adam […]
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Arianna Huffington Pulls Sword From Ig Nobel Winner Dan Meyer’s Throat
The Huffington Post headline says it all: “Arianna Huffington Pulls Sword From Dan Meyer’s Mouth“. Dan shared the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize in medicine, with Dr. Brian Witcombe, for their British Medical Journal report called “Sword Swallowing and Its Side Effects“. Today in New York City, Dan had an intimately touching encounter with media mogul […]
They ate the silverware
A study called Account of a Man Who Lived Ten Years After Having Swallowed a Number of Clasp-Knives, with a Description of the Appearances of the Body After Death, published in 1823, has an accurate title. But in a sense, it is misnamed. The author could, with just as much accuracy, have chosen to call […]