Death

When something dies, a telltale radioactive signal ticks like a natural clock. Discovering it helped us solve all sorts of natural mysteries.

People are turning to 'grief apps' to cope with the loss of family and friends. But the new world of death data raises troubling questions.

The Western world was once obsessed with these macabre memorials.

Amid growing controversy, museums are grappling with collections from the colonial era – and one issue in particular. What should they do with human remains?

Our funeral practices have a high carbon footprint. Becca Warner explores how she could plan her own more environmentally-friendly burial.

Uncannily well-preserved bodies from the ancient world occasionally surface Northern Europe's bogs. Stranger even than their remarkable preservation is the manner of their deaths.

Certain jellyfish and their relatives offer tantalising clues as to whether immortality is possible – so why does death become the rest of us?

One of life's (and death's) biggest questions - how do we experience those final moments when we die?