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Death Row Inmates Imagine Their Own Memorials
From a certain angle, the premise seems almost cruel: invite prisoners on death row to design their own memorials — ways for them to be remembered after they’ve been executed.
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This Is The Man In India Who Is Selling States Illegally Imported Execution Drugs
Eight thousand miles from the execution chamber at the Nebraska State Penitentiary is Salt Lake City — a planned satellite town in Kolkata, the capital city of India’s West Bengal state. It’s a modern mecca of swanky office complexes, colleges, shopping malls, and restaurants. Here, on the eighth floor of a plush glass building overlooking a lake, is an office where Nebraska’s lethal injection drug supplier says he makes his drugs.
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Four Syrian hospitals bombed since Russian airstrikes began, doctors say
At least four hospitals have been bombed by fighter jets in north-western Syria since Russia’s intervention in the war began in late September, doctors and international observers claim. The latest attack, on Tuesday, killed at least 12 people at Sarmin hospital in Idlib province. At least three of the victims were believed to be medical staff. Survivors and witnesses said the hospital was hit by two airstrikes at about 1pm.
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The Lonely Death of George Bell
Each year around 50,000 people die in New York, some alone and unseen. Yet death even in such forlorn form can cause a surprising amount of activity. Sometimes, along the way, a life’s secrets are revealed. By N. R. Kleinfield.
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8 of the world's strangest burial spots.
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The church of 40,000 corpses
Travellers with a taste for the macabre will have a field day at this gruesome chapel, which is ornately decorated with skeleton chandeliers, hipbone chalices and skull bunting.
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Robin Williams' Widow Discusses Husband's Tragic Death
Susan Williams gives her first interview since the famed comedian's death in August 2014.
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Why Humans Care for the Bodies of the Dead
In tracing the history and culture of corpses, a new book shows the importance of remembrance to our species. By Julie Beck.
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Company Aims To Bring Back The Dead Within 30 Years
Humai, a Los Angeles-based tech company, is hoping to bring back the dead within 30 years. A Los Angeles-based technology company has a goal of bringing dead people back to life within the next 30 years. Humai’s official website states that artificial intelligence and nanotechnology are being used to analyze human processes, and the creation of “an artificial body” is in the works.
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The Rise of the Artisanal Funeral
A Los Angeles undertaker wants to end our estrangement from death by bringing corpses back home. By Rebecca Mead.
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Why Greeks are exhuming their parents
Cemeteries in Greek cities are so overcrowded that bodies are often only kept in the ground for three years. By Chloe Hadjimatheou.
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The Death of Juneau's Mayor
Just weeks after taking office, Stephen “Greg” Fisk was found dead at his home, prompting shock and speculation.
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There will be blood
Every year, roughly 40,000 people die in Minnesota. For some, it’s weeks or months before anyone finds their bodies. Meet the crew who comes in to clean up the mess. By Andy Mannix.
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Everything Doesn’t Happen For A Reason
I emerge from this conversation dumbfounded. I've seen this a million times before, but it still gets me every time... By Tim J. Lawrence.
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Deadly Dentistry: Junior’s Story
A 4-year-old Dallas boy goes to get cavities fixed — and is drugged to death. First they drugged him. Then they sent Mom to the waiting room. Then they strapped his torso and wrists to a padded board. But Junior did not let down his guard. At the sound of the drill, dental records say, the 4-year-old began “whining, crying and moving.” So they pulled a strap across his forehead, then soldiered on to the last breath. His death opens a door into dentistry’s netherworld...
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Best of Luck
A brief introduction to death
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Why you’ll never be able to upload your brain to the cloud
The endeavor assumes that computers could manage billions of billions of cerebral connections. Alas, that's not happening anytime soon. By Nicolas P. Rougier.
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Marie Kondo Will Help You Tidy Your House, Embrace Your Mortality
The death-embracing magic of Marie Kondo. By Laura Miller.
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How You Will Die
So far we’ve seen when you will die and how other people tend to die. Now let’s put the two together to see how and when you will die, given your sex, race, and age.
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Killings
A New Essay from One of Our Favorite Southern Writers — Daniel Wallace, Author of “Big Fish” — About an Elemental and Universal Dilemma.
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