Dying
When I Died and Came Back, I Left Something on the Other Side
I died on the 19th of August, 2011, near my house in Mesa, Arizona. I was fully engulfed by blackness. That's all there was. I was not in my body, I was not with my body, I was not part of my body, but for a while I was still somehow aware of it all.
Are We Just Shit at Death?
We all know deep down that we just rot. And that's fine. We need to get over it and talk about how we take care of those in the process of dying.
‘The Transformers: The Movie’ Was the Film That Made Death Seem Mundane
Did the 1986 version of Transformers desensitise me towards death?
The Facebook Generation Have a New Way to Die
The new "nominate a friend to manage your feed after you die" feature is a sign that Facebook is growing up. Hell of a downer, though.
Panda Bear: New Year, New Bear, and the Stark Reality That We're All Going to Die
The Animal Collective co-founder is back with his fifth record, 'Panda Bear Versus The Grim Reaper,' and he's still the perfectly weird Panda Bear we've come to love.
Scientifically, What's the Best Way to Die (Without Killing Yourself)?
Is there any way to go that's relatively painless and trauma-free?
How the 'New York Times' Churns Out 1,000 Obituaries Every Year
An interview with writer Margalit Fox.
Here's Everything We Learned About Death in 2014
Bodies turned up in weird places, people had complicated feelings about suicide, and the circumstances of our eventual deaths became disturbingly clear.
Funeral Directors Share Morbid Stories About Death During the Holidays
"At midnight on Christmas Eve I was driving from LA to San Diego and back with 11 corpses. I was Santa Claus and they were my reindeer."
We Really Need to Talk About Grief
Wouldn't it be useful to have a manual on how to deal with those in mourning? After her mother died, Annie Broadbent went and wrote one.
Dr. Atul Gawande Wants Us to Die Better
That means acknowledging that the medical establishment does a pretty lousy job at preparing people to die.
Postmortem: The Life and Deaths of a Medicolegal Death Investigator
I participated in 7,000 forensic autopsies during my 30-year career.