Author Mary Roach is a hands-on writer specializing in science related topics that tap into some of the more curious and unexpected nooks of our lives. But “hands-on” doesn’t fully capture the lengths she’ll go to capture her stories – for her book examining the intricacies of sex, science, and relationships, she convinced her husband to have sex while monitored and recorded in an MRI, Ultrasound, Sonogram-like device…Really, no Really!

Mary Roach is an author specializing in popular science and humor having written seven New York Times bestsellers, including Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, STIFF: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers; GULP: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, and PACKING FOR MARS: The Curious Science of Life in the Void and her latest book, FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law.

Mary has written for National Geographic, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, GQ, and the Journal of Clinical Anatomy, among many, many others.

Her 2009 TED talk, "Ten Things You Didn't Know About Orgasm", made the organization's list of top 10 most popular talks of all time.

IN THIS EPISODE:
How Mary chooses esoteric and often taboo topics.
Women’s sexual arousal can be measured…or can it?
Mary embraces the taboo, including researching how astronauts avoid “fecal decapitation.”
The shocking places where donated cadavers can end up.
Using the Scientific Method to “prove” the existence of a higher power.
India’s battles with elephants and monkeys.
Googleheim: Science Myth vs. Science Fact



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Author Mary Roach is a hands-on writer specializing in science related topics that tap into some of the more curious and unexpected nooks of our lives. But “hands-on” doesn’t fully capture the lengths she’ll go to capture her stories – for her book examining the intricacies of sex, science, and relationships, she convinced her husband to have sex while monitored and recorded in an MRI, Ultrasound, Sonogram-like device…Really, no Really!
Mary Roach is an author specializing in popular science and humor having written seven New York Times bestsellers, including Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, STIFF: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers; GULP: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, and PACKING FOR MARS: The Curious Science of Life in the Void and her latest book, FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law.
Mary has written for National Geographic, Wired, The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, GQ, and the Journal of Clinical Anatomy, among many, many others.
Her 2009 TED talk, "<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/mary_roach_10_things_you_didn_t_know_about_orgasm?language=en">Ten Things You Didn't Know About Orgasm</a>", made the organization's list of top 10 most popular talks of all time.
IN THIS EPISODE:
<ul>
<li>How Mary chooses esoteric and often taboo topics.</li>
<li>Women’s sexual arousal can be measured…or can it?</li>
<li>Mary embraces the taboo, including researching how astronauts avoid “fecal decapitation.”</li>
<li>The shocking places where donated cadavers can end up.</li>
<li>Using the Scientific Method to “prove” the existence of a higher power.</li>
<li>India’s battles with elephants and monkeys.</li>
<li>Googleheim: Science Myth vs. Science Fact</li>
</ul>
 
Website: <a href="http://www.maryroach.net/">MaryRoach.net</a>
X/Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/mary_roach">@mary_roach</a>
 
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Every Tuesday best friends Jason Alexander and Peter Tilden are joined by experts, newsmakers and celebrities in an attempt to find answers to the things that make us go…"Really? no, Really?” We invite you to join us, subscribe and even suggest topics, as we search for the answers to life’s most baffling, intriguing, confusing and annoying questions

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America’s Funniest Science Author on Orgasms, Cadavers & Space Travel

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