understanding death

Following last weekend's piece by Ron Lieber about getting your sh*t together, which we blogged about, the NYT has published...

#CorpseSelfie Tasteless, right? For those unfamiliar with what I just posted above, that’s a hashtag used on sites like...

Our friend Kathy Kastner of BestEndings.com has put together a very down-to-earth and helpful video series dealing with...

At my birthday dinner last night, I was reminded by my (older) friend that at 29, I should realize how I’m “getting up...

Author Katy Butler’s new book, “Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death,” which chronicles her mother’s...

Coimetrophobia is the official term for a fear of cemeteries. This word doesn’t describe those who have a mere dislike of...

Scott Simon, host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, has been sitting with his mother in a hospital Intensive Care Unit...

What if cellular death doesn't happen all at once, with an organism's cells dying simultaneously, but rather in a wave,...

In the May issue of The Atlantic, Jonathan Rauch looks into the work of two doctors, Dr. Angelo Volandes and his wife Dr....

What does a good death look like? Photographer Joshua Bright offers one answer to this question with a series of photographs...

How did humans die in the 20th century? The folks over at Information is Beautiful asked this question, and answered it with...

This week the Alzheimer's Association released a report stating that 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer's disease or another...

In Issue 11 of The Magazine (a subscription-based online and iPhone/iPad app that features fascinating short articles on a...

Last month we brought you a story via BoingBoing that asked if doctors die differently than the rest of us. (The answer, in...

Source: Michael Clayton, Warner Home Video While promoting her new vampire flick Only Lovers Left Alive actress Tilda...