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“Why Him? Why Me?”
Two tragic collisions on the football field, separated by 26 years, have brought together a high school linebacker and a former college running back in search of the answer to a life-altering question. By Eli Saslow.
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What really matters at the end of life
At the end of our lives, what do we most wish for? For many, it’s simply comfort, respect, love. BJ Miller is a palliative care physician at Zen Hospice Project who thinks deeply about how to create a dignified, graceful end of life for his patients. Take the time to savor this moving talk, which asks big questions about how we think on death and honor life.
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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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Brutal baboon battle erupts for throne at Toronto Zoo after matriarch dies
The fight that erupted between the female baboons prompted a brief closure of the zoo’s exhibit. Medical records show injuries ranging from deep lacerations near their eyes to hair ripped out and tail injuries. By Liam Casey.
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Bacteria on the Brain
A brilliant neurosurgeon offered an untested therapy to dying cancer patients. Was it innovation or overreach? By Emily Eakin.
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The Japanese Art of Self-Preservation
On the ancient Japanese Buddhist practice of self-mummification. By Erika Nesvold.
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Whale Fall
‘A few years ago I helped push a beached humpback whale back out into the sea, only to witness it return and expire under its own weight on the sand...‘ By Rebecca Giggs.
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Unpregnant: The silent, secret grief of miscarriage
When she miscarried in her mid-30s, Alexandra Kimball felt profoundly alone: abandoned by a feminist movement that didn't recognize her loss, accused by conventional wisdom of waiting too long to conceive, and deprived by society of the rituals that mark other forms of grief.
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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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In danger
The strange life and tragic death of Julia the gorilla. By Anna Krien.
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The Wayfarer
A solitary canoeist meets his fate. By Ben McGrath.
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They Helped Erase Ebola in Liberia. Now Liberia Is Erasing Them
Thirty young men spent months burning the bodies of the infected. A year later, many relatives and fellow countrymen still can’t forgive them. By Helene Cooper.
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Sometimes, a Whale Dies
One of the most beautiful, amazing, and depressing things I’ve ever done is participate in a whale necropsy. By Jonathan Foley.
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Baby Rocking Medley
Rosalie Sorrels
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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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The last days of Peter Bergmann
In 2009, a man calling himself Peter Bergmann arrived in an Irish town with a plan to disappear forever. By Ciaran Cassidy and Morgan Bushe.
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The Tipping Point
As a species, we stand at a precipice, and the choices we make in this moment determine a great many things. We are all participants, and now more than ever we need every hand on deck to right this ship and chart a better course. By Camille Seaman.
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The Murder House
A mysterious mansion hidden in the hills of Los Angeles remains frozen in time since December 6, 1959. During that dark night, a doctor murdered his wife in a frenzied hammer attack, and then killed himself. Fifty years later, visitors started reporting paranormal activity. Now the abandoned house is the focus of an Internet obsession. This is the true story of 2475 Glendower Place. By Jeff Maysh.
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I’m Sorry I Didn’t Respond to Your Email, My Husband Coughed to Death Two Years Ago
Hi! Today seems like a good day to answer some frequently asked questions... By Rachel Ward.
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