09/07/2012

The Importance of Strange Science

Image courtesy of Shuttershock, shrew
Image courtesy of Shuttershock, shrew

Science isn’t always about new drugs or robots on Mars. In his new book, This is Improbable: Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens, and other WTF Research, Marc Abrahams shows us what we can learn from a man who swallowed a shrew, and other unlikely experiments.

Segment Guests

Marc Abrahams

Marc Abrahams is the editor and co-founder of Annals of Improbable Research and the founder and master of ceremonies for the Ig Nobel Awards Ceremony in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Meet the Producer

About Sam Flatow

Sam Flatow is a former production assistant for Science Friday.