Big Picture Science for Sep. 22, 2025: Spare (Body) Parts

Big Picture Science: Spare (Body) Parts

Strapped-on brass noses, frog skin grafts, human organs grown in pigs: The world of replaceable body parts is both amazing and a bit unsettling. But who better give us a tour of the past and present of what medical engineering considers Plan B, than the inimitable science writer Mary Roach.

Guest:

• Mary Roach – Science writer and author of “Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy”

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