Digital Dying Weekly News: 3/20/2015
Inspirational words about life from a nonagenarian, news that Tim Cook tried to donate his liver to Steve Jobs, and the death of renown author Terry ...
Category: In the News
Death and dying in the digital age. How our approach to grief is changing.
Death and dying and how we approach grief has always been a very personal matter. But times are changing. The explosion of social media has ...
5 moving, beautiful essays about death and dying.
Reading about death can be heart wrenching, uplifting, sad, and inspiring all at the same time. When we read what others have to say about ...
Organic burial pods or how to become a tree when you die.
How would you like to become a tree when you die? An Italian group is trying to give you that option with their unique take ...
Mr. Dukes goes to the beach. Zhenia Bulawka shares the story.
Zhenia Bulawka’s dog, Mr. Dukes, recently lost his life to mast cell cancer. The two had been buddies for nearly 10 years. As Zhenia realized ...
Talking about death and dying in the African American community
It's never easy to talk about death and dying. Unfortunately, putting off the conversation about what you want to happen when you die can leave ...
Fish in the Dark: Larry David brings death to Broadway.
Fish in the Dark, a new play written and starring Larry David, officially opens at New York's Cort Theater on Tuesday, March 3rd. The story is ...
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 ...
A Will for the Woods: A Documentary About Honoring Death and the Earth
Update: A Will for the Woods is now available for online streaming through PBS.org. Click here to go to the video site.
Japan embraces robot dog funerals.
Japanese owners of a beloved AIBO robot dog which is broken beyond repair now have the option of holding a robot dog funeral. Odd as it ...
Chinese caskets proving to be a hard sell.
Sourcing Chinese caskets at a fraction of the cost of US-made versions seems like a no-brainer for cost-conscious consumers. Turns out, however, that's not necessarily ...
Goodbye police dog Judge. Honoring a K-9 hero.
A few days ago we wrote about two brave K-9s named Sultan and how they were memorialized. Today we honor police dog Judge, who took ...
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 ...
Sultan the Police Dog: Goodbye to two brave K-9s.
The use of trained dogs in police work dates back to ancient times. Today, we find K9s used as an integral part of the police ...
Euthanasia Roller Coaster. Yes. It’s a real thing.
The concept of the euthanasia roller coaster has been around for a while. A scale model of the coaster was designed in 2010 by its ...
