Mortality
Is Paying $80,000 to Freeze Your Head Worth Seeing What the Future Will Be?
Floating in a tank of liquid nitrogen, unable to control our destiny, is very unappealing. But it's much more appealing than being nibbled on by worms and bacteria.
February's Best Books, Gadgets, and VR Systems
In this month's issue of VICE magazine, we review the best VR headsets, Mark O'Connell's new book on transhumanism, and a new startup working to get digital art on your walls.
Hot Red Chili Peppers Are Associated With Living Longer, Study Suggests
The biggest effect was seen in heart disease and stroke.
Deaths Related to Drugs and Mental Disorders up Nearly 200% Since 1980
Rural areas are hit the hardest.
Thomas Morton Thinks We're All Bags of Filth
On an all new episode of 'BALLS DEEP' the VICELAND host attends an autopsy to find out what happens to your body after you die.
When There's Nothing More Your Doctor Can Do
Every shift in the ER can offer a chilling reminder of your own mortality. One doctor takes us inside a patient's final minutes.
Visit the Macabre Exhibition Full of Fleshy Sculptures and a Coffin Playroom
“For too long death has been owned by funeral directors, hidden behind dusty net curtains and plastic flowers.”
Me, My Mom, and Paul McCartney: From the Iron Curtain to the California Desert
Fifty years after she discovered The Beatles at secret listening parties in Communist Hungary, I took my mom to her first music festival at Desert Trip.
Leonard Cohen Was “Exaggerating” About Death, Intends to “Live Forever”
At a listening session for his new album, he also discussed Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize.
On This Day in 1914, a Species Went Extinct in Cincinnati (Also, the Reds Lost to the Cubs)
The passenger pigeon went extinct on this day in 1914 at a Cincinnati zoo while the Cubbies came back to beat the Reds.
What Is Time?
In both 'Endless' and 'Blond(e),' Frank Ocean grapples with mortality, floating between consciousness and psychedelics, faith and his intuition.
Earl Sweatshirt Considers His Own Mortality, Because of Course He Does, on New Adult Swim Single "Balance"
The Knxwledge-produced quick-hit keeps Adult Swim's incredibly good run going.