Death
More Than 52 Million Birds in the U.S. Are Dead Because of Avian Flu
Many domestic birds have been culled to contain the disease, which is also spreading in wild flocks
A Gilded Age Tale of Murder and Money
The 1885 death of Black entrepreneur Benjamin J. Burton divided the close-knit community of Newport, Rhode Island
The Nation's First Woman Senator Was a Virulent White Supremacist
In 1922, Rebecca Latimer Felton, a Georgia women's rights activist and lynching proponent, temporarily filled a dead man's Senate seat
These 84-Year-Old Nazi Photos Paint a Harrowing Picture of Kristallnacht
The images show mobs ransacking Jewish-owned homes, businesses and synagogues in 1938
Rewriting the Story of Ötzi, the Murdered Iceman
A new study suggests that nearly everything archaeologists thought they knew about the 5,300-year-old corpse’s preservation was wrong
Alcohol Caused One in Eight Deaths of Working-Age U.S. Adults
CDC research shows excessive drinking is killing Americans in the "prime of their life"
How Howard Carter Discovered King Tut's Golden Tomb
A hundred years after the legendary find, archival records tell the definitive story of the dig that changed the world
Andy Warhol’s 12-Foot-Tall 'White Disaster' Could Sell For $80 Million
The piece is part of a series exploring death, disaster and the artist’s preoccupation with mortality
A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials
One town's strange journey from paranoia to pardon
Reimagining Tutankhamun as a Warrior
Recent research contradicts the image of the Egyptian boy-king as a frail, sickly pharaoh
200 Frozen Heads and Bodies Await Revival at This Arizona Cryonics Facility
The human cryopreservation project faces skepticism from medical and legal authorities
Boy Dies From a Brain-Eating Amoeba After Exposure at Lake Mead
This is the third fatal case in the U.S. this year
Six Endangered Gray Wolves Were Poisoned in Washington
Conservation groups are offering more than $51,000 for information on the killings
Can This New A.I. Tool Help Detect Blood Poisoning?
The algorithm scans electronic records and may reduce sepsis deaths, but widespread adoption could be a challenge
Three Dolphins Die at the Mirage in Six Months
The Las Vegas hotel and casino temporarily closed its dolphin exhibit after 11-year-old K2 passed last month
The Gold Coast King Who Fought the Might of Europe's Slave Traders
New research reveals links between the 18th-century Ahanta leader John Canoe and the Caribbean festival Junkanoo
What Do Stonehenge and Japanese Stone Circles Have in Common?
A new exhibition explores the surprising parallels between British and Japanese traditions
Inside the Disneyland of Graveyards
How Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, a star-studded cemetery in Los Angeles, corporatized mourning in America
Sarcophagus of Ramses II's Chief Treasurer Discovered at Saqqara
Egyptian archaeologists unearthed the empty, 3,200-year-old coffin of Ptah-M-Wia, a high-ranking New Kingdom official
Archive of Ernest Hemingway Writings, Photos Opens to the Public for the First Time
Privately owned for decades, the materials include a short story featuring F. Scott Fitzgerald, personal effects and rough drafts
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