Gleaned from Mary Roach's new book, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal. Canned dog food has a higher nutritional value than shrimp, peanut butter, and sirloin steak. Higher-end detergents ...

When most people consider the hardships of war, they focus on the fear and the fighting, the noble cause and the selfless sacrifice. When best-selling science writer Mary Roach tackled the topic ...

Roach quotes William Osler, writing in 1892, who said that dysentery “has been more fatal to soldiers than power and shot.” ... Mary Roach: Grunt, the Curious Science of Humans at War.

Interview: Mary Roach, Author Of 'Gulp: Adventures On The Alimentary Canal' With books like Stiff and Spook, Roach has built a reputation for making unpalatable subjects entertaining. In her new ...

Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Africa, is as spartan as a U.S. military encampment gets, Mary Roach writes in her new book, “Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War.” Other than a few … ...

I stumbled upon Mary Roach’s brilliance in a rather roundabout way. I’m a regular at my local library, but I didn’t find her there. I don’t belong to any book clubs. I read the book ...

Mary Roach, author of Grunt. Military pilots no longer deal only with predator drones when airborne, but also actual predators—namely, birds. Aircraft commonly collide with birds in flight, ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Mary Roach has authored five books about topics including cadavers, sex research, space travel, and the human digestive tract. They are all informative. And hilarious. There is ...

Roach’s new book delves into some of the darker, stinkier corners of war. Science writer Mary Roach is a ‘loose cannon’ San Antonio Express-News Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

Best-selling writer Mary Roach explores the sometimes-gruesome military science that aims to keep soldiers safe and comfortable in her sixth book, “Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War.” ...