Does death’s essence just remain forever in the atmosphere, lingering after the bodies have been removed like a malodorous haunting...

New archaeological evidence suggests that our ancient ancestors may have started burying their dead almost a quarter of a million...

Their support doesn’t even stop with the human heartbeat. Dogs also find our missing dead.

Many who die on Everest are likely to stay there forever, because it’s often impossible to get them down.

there may soon be legitimate options for deep space burial of intact remains.

Higher mathematics suggests that maybe there is “no death.” Could it be an illusion?

Structured studies explore how the public – and the pros – are affected by (and work with) matters of death,...

Capable of passing from the soil to people and animals for upwards of sixteen years and possibly much longer, prions...

Awareness of death, or “mortality salience,” has been shown in not a few instances to increase one’s sense of the...

What status of death qualifies for impermanence? Is there really a formal difference between “brain death” and “regular” death?