Death

Death is inevitable. But Seattle-based company Recompose is giving people a new way to exit this mortal coil: Having…

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In 1997, doctors from Cleveland reported on a wave of infants in the area who had come down with severe lung…

Why would anyone fake their own death? Some seek a departure from royalty, a career as a pirate, or a quiet life…

The concept of a great beyond, whether heavenly or hellish, exists across so many fictional universes—be they part…

When a 32-year-old man was struck and killed by lightning while visiting Sunken Meadow State Park in Long Island,…

Consider the ladybug. Our polka-dotted little friend spends its days munching aphids, climbing leaves, occasionally…

Ghosts can be very scary—if you need recent evidence of this rather obvious fact, set aside several sleepless nights…

Death lurks around every corner in Alex Garland’s Annihilation, but its most terrifying harbinger is a ghoulish bear…

You’ve probably heard about Thomas Edison’s infamous 1903 film where he electrocuted an elephant. It’s just as…

In 1942, physiologist and Harvard Medical School researcher Walter Cannon published an academic paper with the sort…

Somewhere between a second and a millennium from now, you will die. Your body and all of its parts will cease…