Ig Nobel on “Science Friday” on the day after Thanksgiving

The 29th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony will be broadcast on the Science Friday program this Friday, November 29th, 2019, in a specially-edited, recorded one-hour highlights version. This photo shows a moment in the ceremony: Medical education prize winners Karen Pryor and Theresa McKeon receive their Ig Nobel Prize, handed to them by Nobel […]

Ig Nobel on Science Friday on the day after Thanksgiving

The 28th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony will be broadcast on the Science Friday program this Friday, November 23rd, 2018, in a specially-edited, recorded one-hour highlights version. This continues the day-after-Thanksgiving tradition—now in its 27th year—for Science Friday’s special coverage of the ceremony. In most parts of the USA, it will be the first hour […]

Surgical Insight: How to truss a stuffed turkey

Veterinary surgeons offer their insight to anyone who plans to cook a Christmas (or Thanksgiving or other) turkey. Details are in this new study: “Investigation of the best suture pattern to close a stuffed Christmas turkey,” D. Verwilghen, V. Busoni, G. van Galen, M. Wilke, vol. 169, no. 26, Veterinary Record, 2011 pp.  685-6.  The authors, […]