“We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I dont fear death so much as I fear its prologues: loneliness, decrepitude, pain, debilitation, depression, senility. After a few years of… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“ELVIS PRESLEY’S COLON is not on display in a glass case, but you can get a good sense of what it looked… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Here's the other thing I think about. It makes little sense to try to control what happens to your remains when you… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
It would be especially comforting to believe that I have the answer to the question, What happens when we die? Does the… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“So powerful are race- and status-based disgusts that explorers have starved to death rather than eat like the locals. British polar exploration… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“The body’s response to this wild, Valsalvic seesawing of the vital signs can throw off the electrical rhythm of the heart. The… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“The other mode of defecation-associated sudden death is pulmonary embolism. The surge of blood when the person relaxes can dislodge a clot… — 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
“Making matters riskier: bed pans! “The notorious frequency of sudden and unexpected deaths of patients while using bed pans in hospitals has… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
It is astounding to me, and achingly sad, that with eighty thousand people on the waiting list for donated hearts and livers… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“When you get right down to it, there is no dignified way to go, be it decomposition, incineration, dissection, tissue digestion, or… — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“…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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“* 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 Image
“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 Image
