The Lonely Death and Fantastic Reincarnation of Nikola Tesla
In an attempt to inspire Americans to be innovative and inventive, President Obama called out to inventors, and in particular, immigrant inventors in his State ...
Category: Death in Science
New York Researchers Will Light British Cemetery With Decomposing Bodies
Imagine a world where your decomposing body produces electricity, in a cemetery.
National Wear Red Day® – Friday, February 5, 2016
When we think of heart disease we usually think of it as a man's problem. For women, the focus is normally on the pink--breast cancer. ...
Bacteria and Death-Using the Necrobiome To Help Solve Crime
When we die swarms of bacteria lurking in the soil, on the living room floor, on the street, and in our own bodies help reduce ...
Are Futurists Just Scared of Death?
Perhaps it’s the turning of the seasons, but something strange is in the air. A growing number of prominent academics appear to be convinced that ...
When the Weatherman Dies: A Brief History of Weather Forecasters Killed in the Line of Duty
Depending on how you define the term meteorologist, the first weatherman killed in the line of duty was quite possibly Pliny the Elder.
Death by Bee: When Killer Bees Attack, From Utah to Shaanxi to Wutang
Spring has sprung and summer is fast approaching, that means pool parties and potato salad and sleepaway camp and killer bees.
Human head transplant on the way, says Italian doctor.
Sergio Canavero, an Italian doctor, is hoping to be the first to conduct a human head transplant and he thinks he can do it within the ...
Oliver Sacks on learning he will die.
Oliver Sacks is a physician, best-selling author, and professor of neurology at the NYU School of Medicine. The British-born physician, scientist, and author has amassed ...
Enter the Land of Floating Tombs
The hurricane was not a major one but the sea still punched through a levee in tiny Braithwaite, 15 miles south of New Orleans and ...
The Story of Anna Bagenholm, the Coldest Woman on Earth
The coldest woman on earth just might be Anna Bagenholm, a Swedish radiologist. On May 20, 1999 she officially set the record of lowest human body ...
“Death test” may be coming to a hospital near you soon.
Doctors may soon use a 29-point death test to evaluate seniors who are admitted to the hospital for critical care.
Was a voodoo-practicing former slave the second oldest woman ever to live on earth?
The evidence is a collection of photographs from the Cammie G. Henry Research Center, at Northwestern State University, in Natchitoches, Louisiana. These images date back ...
PBS NewsHour airs documentary which explores Belgium’s euthanasia law.
PBS NewsHour recently published a feature which explores Belgium's liberal euthanasia law. The NewsHour segment is available on their website.
In a World Where We All Live to 120 – Interview with Dr. Felipe Sierra of the National Institute on Aging
In a world where humans regularly live to 120, retirement might occur at 105. Other people might retire at 65 then return to school and ...
