Tag: Death
Boom in cremation hides surprising truths about what Americans really want...
Tanya D. Marsh, Wake Forest University
Nearly two-thirds of Americans now opt for cremation – a figure that has...
‘Only death can protect us’: How the folk saint La Santa...
Myriam Lamrani, Harvard University
When a life-size skeleton dressed like the Grim Reaper first appeared on a street altar...
The quest to extend human life is both fascinating and fraught...
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
“Who wants to live forever?” Freddie Mercury mournfully asks in Queen’s 1986 song of the...
Biobots arise from the cells of dead organisms − pushing the...
Peter A Noble, University of Washington and Alex Pozhitkov, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences at City of Hope
Forensic anthropologists work to identify human skeletal remains and uncover the...
Madeline Atwell, Clemson University and Katherine Weisensee, Clemson University
A seasoned deer hunter is shocked when his hound dog...
American individualism lives on after death, as consumers choose new ways...
Diana Blaine, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Death may be inevitable and universal, but the ways...
Your microbes live on after you die − a microbiologist explains...
Jennifer DeBruyn, University of Tennessee
Each human body contains a complex community of trillions of microorganisms that are important...
What happens if someone dies in space?
Emmanuel Urquieta, Baylor College of Medicine
Curious Kids is a series for children of all...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
