Mary Roach Audio & Video

An oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem.

Join "America's funniest science writer" (Peter Carlson, Washington Post), Mary Roach, on an irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet.

One of the most intrepid-and funniest-science writers working today, Mary Roach has explored sex (Bonk), corpses (Stiff), and digestion (Gulp).

What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my laptop?

Whether investigating the fine points of space travel, death, or sex, Roach is both audacious and authoritative, asking questions other science writers don't dare to.

Author and journalist Mary Roach talked about her life and career, as well as topics such as living in space and zero gravity, attempts to prove the existence of an afterlife, and the human digestive system, among others.

Bestselling science writer Mary Roach visited Google's office in Cambridge, MA to discuss her book "Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War".

Best-selling author Mary Roach returns with a new adventure to the invisible realm we carry around inside. Roach takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour....

What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's that - the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist?

Bestselling author Mary Roach explores the science of keeping human beings intact, awake, sane, uninfected, and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war.