Pigs with human kidneys. Iron lungs. Bionic prostheses. And bendable genitals. Mary Roach is here, and Alie is freaking out. Over the last two decades, this science icon has written seven New York Times bestsellers, including Stiff, Bonk, Gulp, and Packing for Mars. Her latest release, Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy is all about Human Technomorphology. Prep your flesh for getting to 4th base in a lab, bugs on drugs, elective amputation, gene-tweaked farm animals, vacuum chambers, beating hearts, leftover tendons and much more with a scicomm legend who’s Alie’s personal career hero.

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Donations went to The Amputee Coalition and United Ostomy Associations of America

Links to things we discussed:

Research proposal: THE EFFECTS OF COCAINE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAGGOTS AND THE EFFECT ON TIME OF DEATH

Pig-to-human lung xenotransplantation into a brain-dead recipient | Nature Medicine

‘We need this’: Pig-to-human kidney transplants enter clinical trials

Xenotransplantation Moving Closer to Becoming a Clinical Reality

The Best Camping Hammer for Large Tent Stakes

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