Death
This App Tracks Breathing to Identify Opioid Overdoses Before They Turn Deadly
Second Chance transforms smartphones into sonar systems, tracking users’ breathing and sending for help if a potential overdose is detected
Did Charles Darwin Have Lyme Disease?
New study attributes British naturalist's persistent poor health to tick-borne disease
Archaeologists Identify Oldest Known Human Burial in Lower Central America
The unusually muscular young woman was buried in what is now Nicaragua nearly 6,000 years ago
Richard Overton, Nation's Oldest Living Combat Veteran, Dies at 112
The beloved World War II vet didn't let old age stop him from enjoying his 12 daily cigars, whiskey-spiked coffee and butter pecan ice cream
Swamp Cancer Kills Seven of Chincoteague’s Beloved Wild Ponies
The deadly infection leaves itchy lesions clustered across victims' bodies
Remembering Sister Wendy Beckett, Beloved Nun Who Made Art Accessible
A surprising rise to fame catapulted her into television stardom, where she used her platform to share artistic masterpieces with the public
This Bronze Age Regicide May Be World’s Oldest-Known Political Murder
The prince of Helmsdorf’s skeleton revealed three brutal injuries, including one that suggests he knew his killer and attempted to fend off the attack
Why the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Makes for a Complicated History
Charged with manslaughter, the owners were acquitted in December 1911. A Smithsonian curator reexamines the labor and business practices of the era
Man Convicted of Poaching Ordered to Watch ‘Bambi’ Monthly While in Jail
David Berry Jr. of Missouri was implicated in a multi-year hunting operation that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of deer
Fentanyl Has Outpaced Heroin as Drug Implicated Most Often in Fatal Overdoses
In 2016, more than two-thirds of fentanyl-related deaths involved at least one other drug
How Did the ‘Great Dying’ Kill 96 Percent of Earth’s Ocean-Dwelling Creatures?
Researchers say the prehistoric mass extinction event could mirror contemporary—and future—devastation sparked by global warming
U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row, Reflecting Rising Drug Overdoses, Suicides
Drop represents longest sustained decline in expected lifespan since the tumultuous period of 1915 to 1918
Looking Back at George H.W. Bush’s Lifelong Career of Public Service
The former President, dead at 94 years old, was noteworthy for his “humanity and decency,” says a Smithsonian historian
Relive Medieval London’s Bloody Murders With This New Interactive Death Map
The macabre tool features tales of revenge, thwarted love, infanticide—and a urinal that drove a man to murder
These Ants Immobilize Prey With Acid Then Drag Them Back to Nest for Dismemberment
Decapitated heads, dismembered limbs litter the floor of <i>Formica archboldi</i> nests
The Garfield Assassination Altered American History, But Is Woefully Forgotten Today
A newly installed historical marker recognizes the site where Charles Guiteau shot the president in 1881
The Woman Who Invented the Green Bean Casserole
Dorcas Reilly came up with the iconic American dish in the 1950s
Mini Terracotta Army Unearthed in China
A Han Dynasty-era pit includes 300 soldiers, guard towers, farm animals and everything else a noble might need in the afterlife
A Letter to Stan Lee, Comic Book Legend, Written by One of His Biggest Fans
Movie producer and instructor Michael Uslan eulogizes his hero and mentor, whose superheroes taught him countless life lessons
The Malbone Street Wreck of 1918
A confluence of circumstances led to the deadly disaster, 100 years ago today, in the New York subway that killed 93
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