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Introduction: Death
If there is one thing we can be certain of, it's that we will die. What does it mean to die, and how does society deal with it? Start exploring mortality in our beginner's guide
LATEST ARTICLES
Air pollution could increase risk of suicide
17:48 15 July 2010
Clear association found between suicide and spikes in pollution in seven cities in Korea
Can a gene test tell you whether you'll live to 100?
THIS WEEK: 12:16 08 July 2010 | 2 comments
Genetic markers found in people who lived to be 100 years old raise the possibility of predicting longevity from a genome scan
Nicotine and pigs' trotters: the latest CSI toolkit
08:00 01 July 2010
Smokers decompose slower than non-smokers – just one of the findings that may help forensic scientists estimate time of death
Why losing a loved one can be lethal
THIS WEEK: 17:36 25 June 2010
The stress of bereavement combined with changes in the immune system can send widows and widowers to an early grave
Green machine: It's your eco-friendly funeral
THIS WEEK: 08:00 09 June 2010 | 6 comments
Cleaner ways to dispose of the deceased are becoming available, from dissolving a corpse in chemicals to freeze-drying it to a powder
How chimps mourn their dead
17:00 26 April 2010 | 1 comment
Chimps look after the mummified corpses of their dead fellows, both old and young, two new studies reveal
Sense of smell makes flies' time fly
THIS WEEK: 17:32 20 April 2010
Female flies deprived of the ability to smell food outlive their peers, suggesting that smells may be linked to the ageing process in people too
Air detectives know where the bodies are buried
FEATURE: 13:26 12 April 2010 | 1 comment
An imaging system tested on a safari park's animal graveyard could be used to help investigators locate secret mass graves
Is that paradise beckoning, or just CO2 in your blood?
00:01 08 April 2010 | 6 comments
People who have near-death experiences during heart attacks tend to have higher levels of the molecule coursing through their veins
Giant squid get radical plastic surgery
11:53 08 March 2010 | 19 comments
Controversial anatomist Gunther von Hagens has "stuffed" the monstrous pair of squid with silicone
BIG QUESTIONS
What happens after you die?
We have all wondered if there is an afterlife, but only a few are brave - or foolish - enough to try and find out, says Mary Roach
