Death
Why I Still Skydive
The author found a new life’s calling in skydiving and continues to jump to this day, despite losing her life partner to the sport
Why These Stone-Age Farmers Took the Flesh Off Their Dead
New research shows evidence of an early burial rite
This is the Carriage That Took Lincoln on his Fateful Trip to Ford's Theatre
As the April anniversary of Lincoln's last ride approaches, an historian recounts the president's other horse and buggie moments
Saving the World’s Oldest Mummies From Rot in a Warmer, Wetter World
Why are the ancient bodies of the Chinchorro people stored in a Chilean museum rapidly degrading into black ooze?
Everest Climbers Now Prohibited From Taking One Deadly Route
Nepal announces that the Khumbu Icefall, where 16 sherpa were killed last year, is now off-limits
The Secret to a Long Life: Be Cooperative and Live Underground
Naked mole rats enjoy exceptionally long, healthy lives, and there's more than good genes at work
The 61 Tattoos of Ötzi, the 5,300-Year-Old “Iceman”
Scientists have mapped the body art of one of archeology’s biggest super stars in hopes to better understand the role tattoos played in early civilization
To Appreciate Surrealistic Art, Think About Death
Two new studies indicate that thoughts about death can influence how we perceive art
The Doctor Who Introduced the Virtues of Hand Washing Died of an Infection
A sad fate: Ignes Semmelweis, a maternity doctor who fought for hospital sanitation, died of sepsis
A Test Tube in Michigan Holds the Air From Thomas Edison's Death Room
Two famous inventors, one glass tube and a museum mystery
Big News Stories of 2014 That Aren't Going Away
We just have so much to look forward to
More Than 3,000 People Have Died of Ebola in the Past Two Months
The viral outbreak doesn't appear to be slowing
There Are Probably Just Five Northern White Rhinos Left
The death of a captive rhino at the San Diego Zoo brings the species closer to imminent extinction
Nearly 400 Journalists Have Been Murdered Over the Past Ten Years
Only ten percent of their killers are ever reprimanded
A Horse Racing Favorite Died Minutes After Completing the Melbourne Cup
Admire Rakti wasn't even the only horse to die at the races
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Just Crashed in California
The private spaceflight company was testing a new fuel for their experimental spaceship
This Grave Atlas Shows Where to Find the Distinguished Deceased
We know where the bodies are buried ... take a virtual tour of world cemeteries that host famous artists and rogues
Nine Famous People and What They’re Buried With
Icons of their time, these celebrities didn’t stray far from their public personae when it came to their final resting places
The Doctor Who Starved Her Patients to Death
Linda Hazzard killed as many as a dozen people in the early 20th century, and they paid willingly for it
World’s Most Beautiful Cemeteries
A visit to these hauntingly beautiful cemeteries illuminates more than just mortality
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