Sharing a room with a cadaver is only mildly different from being in a room alone. They are the same sort of… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“I agree with Dr. Makris. Does that mean I would let someone blow up my dead foot to help save the feet… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Humanitarian Benefits of Cadaver Research on Injury Prevention,” Albert King calculated that vehicle safety improvements that have come about as a result… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“If you don’t have a pair of cadaver shoes, you’re not doing enough research.” — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Not that there's anything wrong with just lying around on your back. In it's way, rotting is interesting too, as we will… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
One young woman's tribute describes unwrapping her cadaver's hands and being brought up short by the realization that the nails were painted… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“For me, hands are hard." She looks up from what she's doing. "Because you're holding this disconnected hand, and it's holding you… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
You are a person and then you cease to be a person, and a cadaver takes your place. — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Rawson points out that although snakes can’t taste, they have a primitive sense of smell. They’ll extend their tongue to gather volatile molecules and… — Mary Roach Copy Share
“As the number of Inuit who hunt has dwindled, so has the consumption of organs (and other anatomy not available for purchase at the… — Mary Roach Copy Share
For the most part, if somebody approaches me and says, 'I'd like to interview you,' who am I to say no, when I spend… — Mary Roach Copy Share
“If you look at survivable crashes, it’s rare that even half the emergency exits open,” says Shanahan. “Plus, there’s a lot of panic and… — Mary Roach Copy Share
“…he was doing a breath hydrogen test. If you know the amount of hydrogen someone is exhaling orally, it's a simple matter to extrapolate… — Mary Roach Copy Share
“Viagra isn't the only drug being prescribed off-label for women with arousal problems. Los Angeles urologist Jennifer Berman told me some doctors are prescribing… — Mary Roach Copy Share
Sharing a room with a cadaver is only mildly different from being in a room alone. They are the same sort of company as… — Mary Roach Copy Share
Every now and then, someone will tell me that one of my books has made them laugh out loud. I never believe them because:… — Mary Roach Copy Share
“panel applicants at the initial screening were asked not only to describe the cat foods but also to rate them according to how much… — Mary Roach Copy Share
“* Kissing is a less aggressive form of bacterial transplant. Studies of three different gingivitis-causing bacteria have documented migration from spouse to spouse. Periodontically… — Mary Roach Copy Share
“Nirlungayuk reached a similar conclusion. I tracked him down, seventeen years later, and asked him what the outcome of his country-foods campaign had been.… — Mary Roach Copy Share
Astronauts are like these mythic legends, but really, they are just regular people, people who wear chinos. — Mary Roach Copy Share
“Olive trees grow in the same climate and soil conditions as grapes. The olive oil people have been up in Napa Valley all along,… — Mary Roach Copy Share
“A patient on the way to surgery travels at twice the speed of a patient on the way to the morgue. Gurneys that ferry… — Mary Roach Copy Share
