Science writing can equal yawns, especially for the science-challenged, but not under the inspired touch of Mary Roach. The iconoclastic writer from the Bay Area, who earlier took readers into the ...

Sex and science have a natural affinity. After all, doesn't just about everything we learn about sex come from experimentation? What happens if I do this? Will putting this and this together produce ...

Eliminating polyester from your wardrobe may be a smart move if you're looking to attract a mate. That is just one of the many curious findings Mary Roach writes about in her new book, Bonk: The ...

April 20, Monday -- Author Mary Roach, described by Kirkus Reviews as "one of the funniest and most madcap of science writers," will talk about the challenges and techniques of writing about science ...

Join the author this week to find out—and you don’t have to wear a trenchcoat and dark glasses.Mary Roach: Bonk @ Main Library Auditorium, 210 E. 400 South, 801- 524-8200, Thursday, April 16, 7 p.m.

Mary Roach is the author of nine books, all of them nonfiction. Most of them have one-syllable titles: Grunt. Stiff. Gulp. Bonk. Mary covers science in a very particular way – she finds branches of ...

2013-07-07T12:12:25-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/92b/20130707121426002_hd.jpgMary Roach volunteers to have intercourse with her husband in a lab... Mary Roach ...

In a book about military science, you may be surprised to find passages like, “I’m interested in diarrhea as a threat to national security.” Or “On top of its other charms, the maggot breathes through ...