For the most part, if somebody approaches me and says, 'I'd like to interview you,' who am I to say no, when… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Astronauts are like these mythic legends, but really, they are just regular people, people who wear chinos. — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Though it's harder to justify the use of a cadaver for practicing nose jobs than it is for practicing coronary bypasses, it… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Eighty percent of flavor comes from your nose, including a set of internal nostrils. When you chew food and hold it in… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
It is interesting to come across people who feel that a ghost communicating via a spell-checker is less far-fetched than a software… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
There are three kinds of people in this world: 1) People who make lists, 2) People who don't make lists, and 3)… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I'm one of those goobers who comes out of the polling place actually wearing the 'I VOTED' sticker on my jacket. — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Literally thousands of e-mails over the course of a book go out to people I've never met, people who might end up… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Because there are now online databases of federally funded research, and these databases are searchable by keyword, sex researchers have to be… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I talk to a lot of people who, when you try to sum them up in a couple of sentences, seem like… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Most of the people who are engaged in the subjects that I look into are pretty interesting. Whether its sex researchers or… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I don't read good books anymore, it seems; I just buy them and put them on the shelf and every now and… — 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
