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beagle lying on carpet
Psychology

A pet’s death can hurt more than losing a fellow human

By Dyani Sabin

a woman working on her laptop at night
Health

If you love staying up late and sleeping in, doing otherwise might actually hurt your health

By Neel V. Patel

The Olympic sport most likely to kill you
Science

The Olympic sport most likely to kill you

By Erin Blakemore

How people die from the flu
Diseases

How people die from the flu

By Sara Chodosh

This year’s Super Bowl stadium is an avian death trap
Birds

This year’s Super Bowl stadium is an avian death trap

By Jessica Boddy

Humans may be scaring narwhals to death
Whales

Humans may be scaring narwhals to death

By Kate Baggaley

Male woolly mammoths lived fast, died young, and left more corpses
Animals

Male woolly mammoths lived fast, died young, and left more corpses

By Sara Chodosh

One cave’s losing battle against a deadly bat fungus
Bats

One cave’s losing battle against a deadly bat fungus

By Kendra Pierre-Louis

The Black Death helped reveal how long humans have polluted the planet
Pollution

The Black Death helped reveal how long humans have polluted the planet

By Kate Baggaley

Charles Dickens’s belief in spontaneous combustion sparked Victorian London’s hottest debate
Science

Charles Dickens’s belief in spontaneous combustion sparked Victorian London’s hottest debate

By Sam Kean

Stop eating your damn placentas
Health

Stop eating your damn placentas

By Sara Chodosh

wildebeest
Animals

This river ecosystem hinges on thousands of drowned, rotting wildebeest

By Rachel Feltman

Eating potatoes won’t actually kill you
Nutrition

Eating potatoes won’t actually kill you

By Sara Chodosh

How plagues help scientists puzzle out the past
Archaeology

How plagues help scientists puzzle out the past

By Brenna Hassett

deer licking its lips
Animals

Forensic scientists caught a deer munching on a human carcass for the first time ever

By Sarah Fecht

lava
Environment

Here’s what it’s like to get thrown into a volcano

By Cody Cassidy and Paul Doherty

We need more ‘body farms’ to figure out how corpses rot
Science

We need more ‘body farms’ to figure out how corpses rot

By Kate Baggaley

Some corpses may mysteriously heat up after death
Science

Some corpses may mysteriously heat up after death

By Sarah Fecht

How to not die in a blizzard
Health

How to not die in a blizzard

By Sara Chodosh

A mystery with a shocking twist: Death by indoor lightning
Science

A mystery with a shocking twist: Death by indoor lightning

By Sarah Fecht

dehydration in the body
Health

This is what happens to your body as you die of dehydration

By Claire Maldarelli

How New Zealand is avoiding hundreds of exploding whale corpses
Whales

How New Zealand is avoiding hundreds of exploding whale corpses

By Sara Chodosh

Will a cryogenically-frozen corpse ever come back to life?
Health

Will a cryogenically-frozen corpse ever come back to life?

By PopSci Editors

Cryogenic freezers
Cancer

Teenage cancer victim wins the right to be cryogenically preserved

By Sara Chodosh

Assisted suicide is now legal in Colorado, thanks to overwhelming voter support
Health

Assisted suicide is now legal in Colorado, thanks to overwhelming voter support

By Rebecca Boyle

Pat Summitt’s Death Reminds Us Of How Little We Understand Alzheimer’s Disease
Health

Pat Summitt’s Death Reminds Us Of How Little We Understand Alzheimer’s Disease

By Corey Mueller

Albert Einstein circa 1905
Science

Remembering Albert Einstein

By Jason Lederman

Thanatomicrobiome: Microbial Life After Death
Diseases

Thanatomicrobiome: Microbial Life After Death

By Jason Tetro

David Bowie in a 1973 photo
Science

David Bowie Remembered By Fellow Spacemen And More

By Carl Franzen

Humai Wants To Resurrect Humans Within 30 Years
AI

Humai Wants To Resurrect Humans Within 30 Years

By Dave Gershgorn and Sarah Fecht

Safe Beyond screenshot
Technology

This New App Sends Notes From Beyond the Grave

By Katie Linendoll

How You’ll Die On Mars
Mars

How You’ll Die On Mars

By Loren Grush

Gut Microbes Take Over Your Body When You Die
Health

Gut Microbes Take Over Your Body When You Die

By Loren Grush

How Carl Sagan Described Death To His Young Daughter
Space

How Carl Sagan Described Death To His Young Daughter

By Francie Diep

How To Euthanize A Whale
Whales

How To Euthanize A Whale

By Kelsey D. Atherton

How Long Could You Survive In A Coffin If You Were Buried Alive?
Ask Us Anything

How Long Could You Survive In A Coffin If You Were Buried Alive?

By Christina Cala

FYI: Can Wireless Electricity Kill People?
Ask Us Anything

FYI: Can Wireless Electricity Kill People?

By Lizzie Schiffman

What Blood Shows Scientists About Suicide Risk
Science

What Blood Shows Scientists About Suicide Risk

By Shaunacy Ferro

What Pig Carcasses Could Teach Coroners About Human Death
Health

What Pig Carcasses Could Teach Coroners About Human Death

By Brooke Borel

Queen Elizabeth II coffin being moved from hearse to military plane following death in Scotland
Biology

How do you preserve a famous person’s body?

By Dan Nosowitz

7 Ways Sitting Will Kill You
Diseases

7 Ways Sitting Will Kill You

By Shaunacy Ferro

Video: Dutch Artist Turns His Dead Cat Into a Flying Quadcopter
Drones

Video: Dutch Artist Turns His Dead Cat Into a Flying Quadcopter

By Paul Adams

The Science of Forensics
Science

The Science of Forensics

By Matt Ransford

If The Sun Went Out, How Long Would Life On Earth Survive?
Sun

If The Sun Went Out, How Long Would Life On Earth Survive?

By Holly Otterbein

human body
Medicine

Learning From the Dead

By Melinda Dodd