The Body Athletic

In case you ever wondered how the parts of the body really worked together to allow people to move in general and play sports in particular, well, now's your chance. Sort of. "Bodies ... the Exhibition" in New York features skinless, plastinated cadavers carrying a football and pitching a baseball, among other things. Pictures, not recommend for the faint of stomach or people on their lunch hour, are available here. Body Worlds did something similar, with bodies fencing, swimming, and jumping a hurdle. (Even if we don't go to that great big football field in the sky, I guess we can still play sports after we're dead.)

I saw the photo shown here and was quite surprised. People are into racing in east Asia? It's not just an American and European thing — who knew?