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Scientists consider meat pie mammography and self heating bathtubs

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Scientists who have been honoured with an Ig Nobel prize for science, awarded for work which "first makes you laugh, then makes you think," have been touring the United Kingdom this week sharing some of their plans for the future.

The past winner Brian Witcombe, a consultant radiologist at Gloucestershire Royal NHS Foundation, showed off his latest project. "I’ll be looking at the whole field of culinary radiology, including the imaging of ingested material and radiology in the food production and retail industries.

"I’ll be exploring the value of meat pie mammography, computed tomography of vegetables, and the cost benefit of fruit radiography," he said.

Dr Witcombe won his Ig Nobel prize, a spoof of the Nobel prizes, for his report "Sword swallowing and its side effects" (BMJ 2006;333:1285-7; doi: 10.1136/bmj.39027.676690.55). He appeared at the tour’s talks with his coauthor and professional sword swallower Dan Meyer, from Antioch, . . . [Full text of this article]

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