Tag: Death
Overloaded morgues, mass graves and infectious remains: How forensic pathologists handle...
Ahmad Samarji, Phoenicia University
Editor’s note: Most scientists and doctors in the coronavirus crisis are working to save the living. Those in the field of...
Why losing Kobe Bryant felt like losing a relative or friend
Edward R. Hirt, Indiana University
On the afternoon of Jan. 26, I was at the Indiana men’s basketball game when a chorus of cellphones in...
‘The Farewell’ highlights tough conversations families face when confronted with death
Nick Iannarino, University of Michigan
To my 87-year-old grandmother, not many subjects are taboo.
She was treated for colorectal cancer in 1996, and she still laughs...
Schools fall short when it comes to helping students in grief...
David Schonfeld, University of Southern California
An adolescent experiences the death of his mother after a lengthy illness.
When I ask what services he would like...
Want to live longer? Consider the ethics
John K. Davis, California State University, Fullerton
Life extension – using science to slow or halt human aging so that people live far longer...
What is heaven?
Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross
When a family member or a friend passes away, we often find ourselves reflecting on the question...
What is hell?
Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross
The recent dispute over whether Pope Francis denied the existence of hell in an interview attracted wide...
How the new estate tax rules could reduce charitable giving by...
Patrick Rooney, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Congress and the Trump administration scaled back the estate tax when they enacted the new tax law.
Although the government...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
