Death
Humans Have a Unique Death Smell
Figuring out the chemical signature of death could help train dogs that aid law enforcement
The Fascinating Afterlife of Peru's Mummies
From inside stone palaces and atop sacred mountaintops, the Inca dead continued to wield incredible power over the living
Knut the Polar Bear’s Mysterious Death Finally Solved
The famed Berlin Zoo bear suffered from an autoimmune disease that until now has only been known to occur in humans
Execution Ballads Once Spread the News of Punishment to the Public
The grisly tunes deliberately pull on emotions to discourage crime
Go to the Moon for Less than $10,000! One Catch: Dead People Only
It’s the cheapest option yet for choosing the Moon as a final resting place
Someone Stole the Skull of ‘Nosferatu’ Director F.W. Murnau
Thieves left behind traces of wax, suggesting occult practices might be at play here
NASA's Memorial Honors Lives Lost on the Challenger and Columbia Missions
The permanent exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida displays remnants of the shuttles and items from fallen astronauts
About 12,200 People Are Erroneously Declared Dead Every Year by the U.S. Government
Being officially dead because of a typo makes living life difficult
Here Are Some of the Weird Ways You Could Die in Tudor England
Pole vaulting and bacon are among the odd causes of death discovered by historians
Scientists Just Mummified a Human Leg to Test Ancient Egyptian Techniques
It took 208 days for Swiss scientists to mummify a fresh leg using natron
Jerusalem is Running Out of Room for the Dead
A new project looks to save space by building modern catacombs
New Photo Book Explores Places the Dead Don’t Rest
From mossy burial caves to bone-filled churches, photographer Paul Koudounaris spent a dozen years documenting sites where the living and dead interact
Two French Towns Are Battling Over a Saint’s Remains
Should Saint Bernadette be laid to rest in the town she made famous…or the one she chose to live in?
Meet the Group of Scientists That Keeps Lenin’s 90-Year-Old Corpse Fresh
90 years later, Vladimir Lenin’s body is still maintained by a Russian lab
Eau de Death: Perfumer Develops Scents Based on Dead Loved Ones
A French perfumer is attempting to harness the emotional power of scent
Kyrgyzstan’s Otherworldly Cities of the Dead
Photographer Margaret Morton traveled to the remote corners of the Central Asian nation to document its city-like ancestral cemeteries
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?
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