It’s often been said that the human body is a work of art. But what about preserving real human corpses, arranging them in various poses, and creating a museum exhibit around them? Living on Earth’s Dennis Foley visited the controversial exhibit “Body Worlds” at the Boston Museum of Science and brings us an audio portrait.
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