Experts
Mary Roach
Author / Journalist
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The author says there is an idea of “use it or lose it” that is very relevant. Read More
May 22, 2009 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Mary Roach says the brain gets in the way of executing sex tips well. Read More
May 22, 2009 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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The author said Sigmund Freud was no friend of the clit and doesn’t have much currency in sex research. Read More
May 22, 2009 | In Health & Medicine, Love, Sex, & Happiness, Science & Tech
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Mary Roach Researches Fetishes
The author says men acquire fetishes more regularly than females. Read More
May 22, 2009 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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The author says older women do have some advantages. Read More
May 22, 2009 | In Health & Medicine, Love, Sex, & Happiness, Science & Tech
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Mary Roach Compares Homosexual and Heterosexual Sex
The author says homosexuals know their partners’ anatomy better, which can make for superior sex. Read More
May 22, 2009 | In Health & Medicine, Love, Sex, & Happiness, Science & Tech
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Mary Roach Considers Visual Erotic Stimulation
The author talks about the role of porn in sex research. Read More
May 22, 2009 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Mary Roach Makes Sex Research Discoveries
The author describes a research area dominated by the drug industry and mentions some of the lesser known disorders. Read More
May 22, 2009 | In Health & Medicine, Love, Sex, & Happiness, Science & Tech
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Mary Roach Explores The Clitoris
The author shares the clitoris’ little known anatomy. Read More
May 22, 2009 | In Health & Medicine, Love, Sex, & Happiness, Science & Tech
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Mary Roach Compares Sex Around The World
Author Mary Roach on the red state-blue state bedroom divide. Read More
May 22, 2009 | In Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Mary Roach Introduces Her Book ‘Bonk’
The author was led to write her book by colposcopic research from the 1950s. Read More
May 22, 2009 | In Arts & Culture, Love, Sex, & Happiness
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Mary Roach Considers Drugs for Better Sex
The author says Viagra’s physical effect in women does not translate to arousal. Read More
May 22, 2009 | In Health & Medicine, Love, Sex, & Happiness, Science & Tech
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Big Think Interview With Mary Roach
A conservation with author Mary Roach. Read More
May 22, 2009 | In Arts & Culture, Love, Sex, & Happiness
Mary Roach is an American science writer. She has published three books: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers (2003), Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife (2005) and Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex (2008). Raised in Etna, New Hampshire, she holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Wesleyan University and currently resides in San Francisco, California.
She began her writing career at the San Francisco Zoological Society, producing press releases on such topics as elephant wart surgery.[1] In 1986, she sold a humor piece about the IRS to the San Francisco Chronicle. That led to a spate of humorous first-person essays for such publications as Sports Illustrated, Vogue, The New York Times Magazine, Discover, Outside, Reader's Digest (for whom she wrote a monthly humor column) and GQ.
She appeared on The Colbert Report, a satirical news program, in November 2005.
