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 ...

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 … ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...