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A folded American flag rests on top of a grave stone, with other gravestones in the background.

COVID-19 has now killed 1 in 500 Americans

The US has had more than 40 million COVID cases since the pandemic began

The US has had more than 40 million COVID cases since the pandemic began

By Popular Science Team

Purple flowers growing in the soil in a cemetary

Composting a human body, explained

By Angely Mercado

desert landscape dotted by qubbas or tombs

These centuries-old tombs in Sudan are arranged in galaxy-like clusters

By Kate Baggaley

The Panga ya Saidi cave, where the oldest African burial remains were discovered.

The earliest known human burial in Africa was a carefully laid down child

These are the most common allergies (and the deadliest)

By Sara Chodosh

astronaut on spacewalk

Ask Us Anything: What happens to your body when you die in space?

By Shannon Stirone

A woman checking a child's temperature

We’re getting better at treating COVID-19

By Rachael Zisk

two older people sitting in chairs

Nursing homes aren’t equipped to provide life-saving A/C in the event of a power outage

Autopsies are more important than ever. Here’s what they can tell us.

By Sara Kiley Watson

road running through hot flatlands with sun shining

The latest summer forecast calls for deadly heat waves

air force mortuary

Autopsies provide crucial information for fighting COVID-19

By Sara Chodosh

Hands holding candle.

How to grieve in the midst of social distancing

By Sara Kiley Watson

person in protective gear in a morgue

Catching COVID-19 from a dead body is possible, but there’s no proof it’s happened yet

By Sara Chodosh

four champagne glasses full of colorful liquid

Teen bootleggers are making dangerous booze on TikTok

A Chinese doctor standing over a patient

What the official COVID-19 mortality rate actually means

By Rachel Feltman

Dead body on gurney

How to donate your body to science

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Amish couple riding on a horse-drawn wagon

A mysterious cluster of deaths amongst Amish children has finally been solved

By Sara Chodosh

hands load a gun in front of an american flag

Congress is putting money toward gun violence research for the first time in decades

a woman holds a magnifying glass up to her body

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

There’s a secret room in the basement of the female body

By Popular Science Team

Why turkeys circle dead things—the creepy vigil, explained

By Rachel Feltman

The CDC knows why U.S. life expectancy keeps dropping—but no one knows how to stop it

The CDC knows why U.S. life expectancy keeps dropping—but no one knows how to stop it

By Sara Chodosh

a deer crossing the street

These states want you to eat more roadkill

This deadly mushroom can literally shrink your brain—and it’s probably more widespread than we thought

This deadly mushroom can literally shrink your brain—and it’s probably more widespread than we thought

By Rachel Feltman

The weirdest things we learned this week: 10k steps a day is totally made up and Charmin knows exactly how you poop

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: 10k steps a day is totally made up and Charmin knows exactly how you poop

By Popular Science Team

Dark matter has never killed anyone, and scientists want to know why

Dark matter has never killed anyone, and scientists want to know why

By Neel V. Patel

The weirdest things we learned this week: Victorian sex drugs and deadly milk injections

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: Victorian sex drugs and deadly milk injections

By Popular Science Team

Changing your diet and taking supplements may not do anything for your heart health

Changing your diet and taking supplements may not do anything for your heart health

By Sara Chodosh

The weirdest things we learned this week: virgin births, composted humans, and naked South Pole scientists

The weirdest things we learned this week: virgin births, composted humans, and naked South Pole scientists

By Popular Science Team

We need a greener way to die

We need a greener way to die

By Nicole Wetsman

A third of youth firearm deaths could be prevented without taking away a single gun

A third of youth firearm deaths could be prevented without taking away a single gun

Mourning a fictional character is perfectly valid

Mourning a fictional character is perfectly valid

By Eleanor Cummins

The weirdest things we learned this week: Blood-thirsty Bambi and 12-foot-tall birds

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: Blood-thirsty Bambi and 12-foot-tall birds

By Rachel Feltman

stack of pancakes

These charts will help you visualize just how unhealthy diets are around the world

By Sara Chodosh

Hate the gym? Grow a garden instead.

Fitness & Exercise

Hate the gym? Grow a garden instead.

By Sara Chodosh

a painting of people dancing

The weirdest things we learned this week: starting fires with astronaut farts and dancing yourself to death

By Rachel Feltman

a woman wrangling a cow

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: deadly molasses and the best way to battle cattle

By Rachel Feltman

Cremation research tombs

Your ashes might say more about you than you’d think

By Eleanor Cummins

You’re now more likely to die from opioids than in a car crash

You’re now more likely to die from opioids than in a car crash

By Sara Chodosh

casket at funeral

How to prepare your digital life for your inevitable death

By Whitson Gordon

New data shows that Fentanyl kills more people than heroin

New data shows that Fentanyl kills more people than heroin

By Sara Chodosh

christmas holiday family

The holiday season can be deadly for hospital patients

By Sara Chodosh

A ‘male’ octopus surprised its keepers with a cloud of 10,000 babies

A ‘male’ octopus surprised its keepers with a cloud of 10,000 babies

By Sara Chodosh

an illustration of a man pretending to read someone's mind in front of a crowd

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The spookiest things we learned this week

By Rachel Feltman

As states scramble to find execution drugs, experts say it’s time to let lethal injection die

As states scramble to find execution drugs, experts say it’s time to let lethal injection die

You really can be scared to death—here’s how

You really can be scared to death—here’s how

By Eleanor Cummins

Cemeteries are the perfect spot to track our planet’s demise

Cemeteries are the perfect spot to track our planet’s demise

By Eleanor Cummins

Mount Vesuvius murdered its victims in more brutal ways than we thought

Mount Vesuvius murdered its victims in more brutal ways than we thought

By Neel V. Patel

We can’t blame Hurricane Maria’s high death toll on the storm

We can’t blame Hurricane Maria’s high death toll on the storm

By Morten Wendelbo/The Conversation

Certain weather makes you more likely to get a rattlesnake bite

Certain weather makes you more likely to get a rattlesnake bite

By Neel V. Patel

a many trying to sleep

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: deadly insomnia, the prettiest poop, and emergency beekeepers

By Rachel Feltman

Guess which two countries account for a third of all gun deaths

Guess which two countries account for a third of all gun deaths

By Sara Chodosh

two kids stare down into a pool

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: skin-peeling soup, secret drug toilets, and a chlorinated ocean

By Rachel Feltman

How whale corpses feed ocean floors

How whale corpses feed ocean floors

By Eleanor Cummins

Why suicide is on the rise in the U.S.—even as it falls in Europe

Why suicide is on the rise in the U.S.—even as it falls in Europe

By Steven Stack/The Conversation

Run, don’t walk, to see New York City’s latest corpse flower bloom

Run, don’t walk, to see New York City’s latest corpse flower bloom

By Rachel Feltman

The weirdest things we learned this week: biblical rhabdo, corpse adventures, and socks from the world’s loneliest island

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: biblical rhabdo, corpse adventures, and socks from the world’s loneliest island

By Rachel Feltman

corpse pose study group

Meet the yogis who hang out in cadaver labs

By Erin Blakemore

Five things you might not know about the plague (not including the fact that it still exists)

Five things you might not know about the plague (not including the fact that it still exists)

By Sara Chodosh

Burial is becoming the most boring thing to do with your dead body

Burial is becoming the most boring thing to do with your dead body

By Eleanor Cummins

a woman sleeping

Sleeping in on the weekend might be good for you, but it’s not going to fix all your problems

Mystery meat: scientists are investigating the roadkill we never get to see

Mystery meat: scientists are investigating the roadkill we never get to see

a woman in corpse makeup

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: The first celebrity diet, confused albatrosses, and delusions of death

By Rachel Feltman

TEST DONT DELETE Clone of These are the most common—and deadliest—allergies

By Sara Chodosh