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Bonk The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Mary Roach

The best-selling author of The study of sexual physiology―what happens, and why, and how to make it happen better―has been a paying career or a diverting sideline for scientists as far-ranging as Leonardo da Vinci and James Watson. The research has taken place behind the closed doors of laboratorie...

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99% Invisible

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99% Invisible

The title was referenced as Mary Roach's second book, noted for a chapter in which she and her husband had sex inside an MRI to capture internal images, illustrating her willingness to experiment for science. Roman Mars mentioned it in the episode as an example of the kind of quirky scientific storytelling the show highlights.

Episode: Replaceable You

Roman recalled that Mary's second book, Bonk, featured a chapter where she and her husband had sex inside an MRI, illustrating her willingness to experiment for science.

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I think I first recognized this in your second book, Bonk, where you have sex with your husband in an MRI and have people take pictures of it, like the insides of your bodies.

Episode: Replaceable You

Roman Mars recalled that Bonk was Mary Roach's second book, which featured a story about having sex in an MRI.

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I think I first recognized this in your second book, Bonk, where you have sex with your husband in an MRI and have people take pictures of it, like the insides of your bodies.

StarTalk Radio

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StarTalk Radio

It was mentioned in the context of a discussion about the science of sex, focusing on surprising facts about erections and the role of pharmaceuticals in sexual research.

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The only other erectile tissue in the human body is in the nose. When you have a cold, you basically have a nose boner.

— Episode: What’s Science Got to Do With Love?

Episode: What’s Science Got to Do With Love?

It was mentioned in the context of a discussion about the science of sex, focusing on surprising facts about erections and the role of pharmaceuticals in sexual research.

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The only other erectile tissue in the human body is in the nose. When you have a cold, you basically have a nose boner.

The nipples, that's a different erection system. That's muscle squeezing. That's not erectile tissue.

Women have nocturnal erections in the same sort of cycle as men. Little tiny, little clitoral erections.

Well, these days it tends to be pharmaceutical stuff like looking for a pill for postmenopausal women with flagging libido.

Women don't need an erection.

Episode: Cosmic Queries – Animal Outlaws with Mary Roach

It was primarily focused on the science of human sexual activity and was a popular science book.

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I got my book Bonk.

The Bonk was all about sex, if I remember correctly.

Episode: What’s Science Got to Do With Love?

Mary Roach's book, Bonk, was mentioned as being about the science of sex and included a discussion of various aspects of sexual physiology, like erections.

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And she studied the science of sex.

In this next clip, she mentions some surprising facts about erections.

Oh yeah, definitely. Especially about erectile dysfunction.

Timcast IRL

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Timcast IRL

Alex Stein mentioned he has a book out called "A Penis Can Be a Vagina", described as a pro-trans book.

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And I have a pro-trans book, "A Penis Can Be a Vagina" as what my book is called

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Alex Stein mentioned he has a book out called "A Penis Can Be a Vagina", described as a pro-trans book.

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And I have a pro-trans book, "A Penis Can Be a Vagina" as what my book is called

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