Mary Roach on the Science of Swapping Human Parts

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  In Mission Impossible, The Final Reckoning,

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  steht Tom Cruise vor seiner bisher größten Aufgabe, zum Kaufen.

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  For Scientific American Science Quickly, I'm Rachel Feldman.

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  Humans have been trying to replace ailing parts of our bodies for thousands of years,

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  turning to prosthetic limbs, regrown noses, you name it.

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  But creating something that works as well as our original equipment remains an enormous challenge.

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  Here to walk us through the struggle to replace human head, shoulders, knees,

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  and toes is science writer Mary Roach,

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  author of the new book, Replaceable You, Adventures in Human Anatomy.

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  Thanks so much for coming on to chat today.

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  Oh, thank you, Rachel, for having me on.

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  So your books have explored everything from the human gut to people who are hunting for proof of ghosts.

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  What's your latest one about?

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  Replaceable U is a look at efforts to swap out, build, replace bits and pieces of the human body.

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  Some of the book is historical and much of it is set in the present.

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  So it's just about the amazing challenges and also the progress,

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  but just how complicated it is to try to create something that functions as well as what we start out with.

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  And what got you interested in that topic?

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  I got an email from a woman who said, I think your next book should be about pro football referees.

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