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Does the thought of death make you anxious? A new study suggests that the fear of mortality isn’t really about the afterlife at all. 

A patient’s brain showed activity for nearly 10 minutes after death, baffling doctors and prompting the need for further research.

A new study tries to figure out who finds dark humor funny.

The “Philosopher-King” of comedy is Louis C.K. You may know his work, but you might not realize there is some serious philosophy behind some of the best jokes.

China is is upsetting many of its people by forcibly exhuming the dead to clear space for development.

The longer you roll that dice, the higher the chance that a DNA mutation spawns a cancerous cell. The researchers on this study likened it to playing Russian roulette; sooner or later, there’s one in the chamber. 

Researchers at UCLA have found Grim Reaper DNA in 5% of the population. But there is a bright side – lifestyle choices go a long way in overriding a shorter genetic life expectancy. 

Natural disasters claim many more victims than terrorism, so why is funding in Europe and North America so out of balance? This negligence makes Neil deGrasse Tyson “embarrassed for our species”.    

Think happy, be happy? Maybe not. Harvard psychologist Susan David examines the backlash effect of forced positivity in our lives.