Science’s long-standing goal of resuscitating a frozen body has made intriguing progress recently, with frozen brain tissue successfully being restored to a functional state for the first time....
OpenAI is working with a biotech startup to develop an AI model with the purpose of engineering stem cells. The goal is to effectively step back natural age...
Do animals understand death? Substantial research so far indicates that the answer is probably yes. Many species share humans’ basic neurochemical profile, which means we have certain emotional...
It’s typical for deceased mountaineers at high altitudes to remain where they’ve fallen, making their final resting place in the snow -- transportation of mountain-climbing victims is treacherous...
It’s no mean feat to recover the fallen from Everest, Earth’s highest mountain; the climb is notoriously deadly for all kinds of reasons (hurricane-level sub-zero winds; thousand-foot fatal...
So besides the launching of cremated remains into or out orbit as part of a final farewell (an option of such growing popularity that there are businesses built...
Higher mathematics suggests that maybe there is “no death.” Could it be an illusion? Come on, now. Sounds cryptically new age-y… but there’s hard research behind it. It’s...
The field of death care is a thriving area of formal research. Structured studies explore how the public – and the pros – are affected by (and work...
Pathogens that stay viable in the environment for decades after the death of their host, opportunistically infecting whoever happens along, may sound like something out of a horror...
Awareness of death, or “mortality salience,” has been shown in not a few instances to increase one’s sense of the value and fleeting quality of life. Not always,...