understanding death
Can You Trust “Most Common Causes Of Death” Maps?
Just because a colorful chart shows how people die in your state doesn’t mean you have to live in fear.
Identifying A Body In Real Life Is Nothing Like TV
The lack of drama is definitely a good thing.
First Funeral Selfies. Now Corpse Selfies. Please Stop!
#CorpseSelfie
How To Tell If A Person Is Actually Dead
Don’t laugh, people have woken up in morgues over less.
Why Your Sense Of Smell Could Predict Your Death
Do you smell that? No? We might have some bad news for you then...
Here’s How You’re Most Likely To Die
An interactive chart reveals common causes of death broken down by gender and race.
Technology And Gadgets That Tell You When You'll Die
For those interested in learning their expiration date.
From our Blog
Actress Tilda Swinton Isn't Afraid Of Death Or Vampires
Source: Michael Clayton, Warner Home Video
While promoting her new vampire flick Only Lovers Left Alive...
Video: Why Is It So Hard To Talk About Dying?
Our friend Kathy Kastner of BestEndings.com has put together a very down-to-earth and helpful video series dealing with...
How Doctors Die, Redux
Last month we brought you a story via BoingBoing that asked if doctors die differently than the rest of us. (The answer, in...
A Daughter's Reflections on Her Father's Death
In Issue 11 of The Magazine (a subscription-based online and iPhone/iPad app that features fascinating short articles on a...
1 in 3 Seniors Dies With (Not Of) Dementia
The Alzheimer's Association released a report stating that 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer's disease or another type of...
How We Die
How did humans die in the 20th century? The folks over at Information is Beautiful asked this question, and answered it with...
A Good Death: Photos
What does a good death look like? Photographer Joshua Bright offers one answer to this question with a series of photographs...
How Not to Die
In the May issue of The Atlantic, Jonathan Rauch looks into the work of two doctors, Dr. Angelo Volandes and his wife Dr....
Scott Simon Shares His Mother's Last Days
Scott Simon, host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, has been sitting with his mother in a hospital Intensive Care Unit...
The Ultimate End-of-Life Plan
Author Katy Butler’s new book, “Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death,” which chronicles her mother’s...
You Are Going to Die
Following last weekend's piece by Ron Lieber about getting your sh*t together, which we blogged about, the NYT has published...
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