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Science writer Mary Roach is not easily repulsed. While researching her latest book,Grunt, Roach learned all about the medicinal use of maggots in World War I. She also purposely sniffed a putrid scent known as “Who me?” that was developed as an experimental weapon during World War II.
For Roach, it’s all in the name of research. “I’m kind of the bottom-feeder of science writing,” Roach jokes to Fresh Air’s Terry Gross. “I’m just someone who is OK with being very out there with my curiosity.”
Roach’s curiosity compelled her in previous books to dive deep into the science of cadavers, sex and digestion. Now, in Grunt, she examines the science of warfare — specifically the scientific developments that help prevent wounds from becoming infected, and improve the chances that soldiers will endure the heat of the desert and survive explosions.
Read on, or listen to this interview:
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Mary Roach digs up things that are equally fascinating and repulsive. -Emily
“We will not run from here, Inquisitor.” MLZ Studios just completed a showcase video of my DA:I Cullen cosplay and it gives me life! I’ve watched it about forty times because I can’t figure out how he managed to make me look that cool. Character: Cullen Rutherford (fem version) Series: Dragon Age Inquisition Cosplayer: Enayla Videographer: MLZ Studios Facebook | DeviantART | Twitter
Enayla’s Cullen makes me SCREAM IN HAPPINESS <3
Look, I ain’t in this for your revolution, and I’m not in it for you, Princess. I expect to be well paid. I’m in it for the money.
It’s so weird that Daisy Ridley is eyeballing that Lara Croft role in the Tomb Raider reboot, like, sure Star Wars was really big but you can’t just be a beloved space hero in one franchise and also be a big name as some kind of combat archeologist. Who’s ever doubled up like that?
