Ice Age infant burial ground offers clues to life for early Arctic settlers.
It is rare that we are able to glimpse inside the mortuary traditions of ancient civilizations. Even less common is seeing the intimate fashion in ...
Category: Death in Science
Scientists on Longevity Gene: Is DNA of World’s Oldest Humans the Secret to Very, Very Long Lives?
On Sunday morning, November 9th, Dr. Stephen Coles intended to face a ballroom full of doctors at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, attendees of ...
Iconic fashion designer, Oscar de la Renta, dies at 82
The fashion world was saddened on Monday, October 20, 2014 to hear of the death of the legendary, Oscar de la Renta at his home ...
How a broken heart can kill the elderly.
The medical community has known for a long time that a condition called a condition called takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or broken heart syndrome exists.
Caryatid maidens found at Alexander the Great era tomb.
On September 6, 2014 archaeologists announced some of the findings of their two year excavation of the tomb area. They also released spectacular photographs of ...
The Mystery of Alexander the Great’s Tomb
Historians have long wondered just exactly where Alexander the Great is buried. With the recent announcement by a Greek culture minister that archaeologists have uncovered ...
Extreme Cold and the Perplexing Case of Paradoxical Undressing
Here in New Orleans temperatures bottomed out at 23°F this morning, sure that seems like nothing if you live in Minnesota, where temps bottomed out ...
Researchers Say Rituals Can Ease Grief And Even Make Chocolate Bars Taste Better
What’s the difference between a ritual and OCD?
Death by Ants, from Africa and Australia to Florida
Imagine being attacked by a living raft of ants that can put you in the hospital, or even kill you.
When Mountain Lions Attack, And Sometimes Give You Rabies – Dealing with Death Caused by Big Cats
Dianna Hanson loved big cats, but on Wednesday one of them attacked and killed her.
The World Will End Tomorrow, Just Like It Did in the Year 365
The end of the world may be tomorrow and we all know the present day apocalypse scenarios—a secret planet will smash earth, a giant black ...
Death in Space: From the Dog Laika to the Cosmonauts the Soviets Abandoned
The funeral service for Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was held last Friday at a private club in suburban Cincinnati.
Animal Funerals, from Dorothy the Chimp to Yellow-billed Magpies
Dorothy’s mother was killed by hunters. They then sold her to an amusement park in Cameroon where she was chained to the ground and taught ...
Fish kills, bird deaths and the coming Aflockolypse
Thousands of turtle doves rained down on car roofs in northeastern Italy.
To Live Forever: Eat supplements, abhor soda and upon dying, head to Arizona and bathe in liquid nitrogen
Every day, Ray Kurzweil, an American writer and inventor, ingests 150-250 supplements and drinks 8-10 glasses of alkaline water and 10 cups of green tea.
