Morbid science

Sure, it's October, but these cadavers aren't meant to frighten.

Starting Oct. 19, the St. Louis Science Center will host the famous touring exhibition of real human bodies, Dr. Gunther von Hagens' "Body Worlds."

Using a technique called "plastination," Hagens has frozen real human cadavers in space and time to create an educational exhibit that reveals the inner workings of the human body's complex machinery. Individual organs and cross-sectional slices are also part of the exhibit.

Warning: This exhibition is not for the squeamish. For everyone else, it's a hand-on educational journey through the realms of biology, anatomy and physiology.

For more information, call the Science Center at 314-289-4400.