The Parisian Cabaret du Néant pioneered shock entertainment, using magic to conjure macabre illusions for its audience.
Mel Gordon | May 17
More than 40 years ago, Lyn Lofland, who died last month, published a book that changed how I think about death and dying.
John Troyer | Oct 24, 2022
The acceptance of death is deeply embedded in our culture; it's time to overthrow that idea.
Ingemar Patrick Linden | May 30, 2022
Shawn Abreu is a medical doctor who is fellowship-trained in hospice and palliative medicine. Nicole Piemonte is an assistant dean...
Feb 1, 2022
Global events such as pandemics can momentarily focus attention on a fundamentally overlooked pre-existing human condition: the sheer inequality of how individuals in power decide who lives and who dies.
John Troyer | Sep 13, 2021
In giving voice to the digital ghosts of the deceased, chatbots are trying to succeed where photography and dreams fail.
Davide Sisto | Jan 4, 2021